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Acoustic Neuroma |
Auditory Tumor; Neuroma, Acoustic; Vestibular Schwannoma and Neurofibromatosis |
Acoustic neuroma (or Vestibular Schwannoma) is a benign primary intracranial tumor of the myelin forming cells called "Schwann cells" (Schwannoma) of the 8th cranial nerve --- also known as the acoustic nerve, (or more properly the vestibulocochlear nerve). Approximately 3000 cases are diagnosed each year in the United States with an incidence of about 1 in 100,000. Incidence peaks in the fifth and sixth decades and both sexes are affected equally. Pathogenesis Acoustic neuromas may occ ...
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Resources
- Acoustic Neurinoma (Cleveland Clinic)
- Acoustic Neuroma (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Acoustic Neuroma (International Radiosurgery Support Association)
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Acoustic Neuroma (Cleveland Clinic)
- Acoustic Neuroma (Medline Plus)
- Acoustic Neuroma (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Neuroma, Acoustic (National Institutes of Health)
- Computed Tomography (CT)-Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Directory of Organizations (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - lists organizations that focus on health issues relating to hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language
- Find a Board-Certified Neurosurgeon (American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons)
- Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery: Neurosurgery without a Scalpel (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Genes and Disease: Neurofibromatosis (National Center for Biotechnology Information) - NF-2 (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- MR Imaging (MRI)-Head (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- NIDCD Glossary (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Schwannomatosis (National Neurofibromatosis Foundation)
- Ten Ways To Recognize Hearing Loss (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Understanding Your Audiogram (American Academy of Audiology)
- Vestibular Schwannoma and Neurofibromatosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- Vestibular Schwannomaand Neurofibromatosis (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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