Medical diagnosis confusion

[Blu rose]

Hi,

I've been assigned a patient whose chart has 'posterior fossa extra and intradural globus jugular resection' as the medical diagnosis. Even the speech therapist had typed the same thing in her progress note. However, when I did my research I found out that it should actually be 'glomus jugulare' not 'globus jugular'. So, I asked a nurse if it was a typo and she said that it should be correct if it is on the chart. Though I think it is probably a spelling mistake, I want to make sure what's correct.

Any help regarding this will be appreciated.

Thank you.

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

My search of online brain tumor dictionary states that they are interchangeable terms. So both are correct.

[Blu rose]

I see! Thank you, Ashley.

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

Blu rose,

I think there's a difference, although it's confusing, between a glomus tumor (tumor of nervous tissue where the chemoreceptors are located) and a globus (a structure shaped like a sphere). In any case, I think you're using the more common term.

There are often places on the chart where a "diagnosis" might be entered by a person with minimal medical terminology training, such as for registration purposes. A specialty provider without a lot of neurooncology expertise might have copied that into her own documentation as well.

[Blu rose]

EricJRN, from what you said, I think I should stick to the original diagnosis typed on the patient's chart. Also, in either case, the priority assessment would be neurological, right?

Thank you for your comment :)