acoustic neuroma - DocNeuro https://docneuro.com/tag/acoustic-neuroma/ Up-to-date concepts in neurology Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:41:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Acoustic Neuroma https://docneuro.com/acoustic-neuroma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acoustic-neuroma Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:41:37 +0000 https://docneuro.jz7sunfr-liquidwebsites.com/acoustic-neuroma/ Acoustic neuromas (more properly called vestibular schwannomas) arise from the Schwann cell sheath of either the vestibular or the cochlear nerve. They account for four-fifths of cerebellopontine angle tumors (the remaining 20% are mostly meningiomas.) Most of the schwannomas are derived from the vestibular portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Less than 5% arise from the […]

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]]> Vestibular Schwannoma https://docneuro.com/vestibular-schwannoma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vestibular-schwannoma Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:10:58 +0000 https://docneuro.jz7sunfr-liquidwebsites.com/vestibular-schwannoma/ Vestibular schwannomas are benign extra-axial neoplasms that result from proliferation of the schwann cells associated with the eighth (vestibulo-auditory) cranial nerve. The commonly arise in the cerebellopontine angle and may extend along the vestibular and/or auditory nerve into the internal auditory canal.. Diagnosis: Right vestibular schwannoma (formerly, acoustic neuroma) Figure 1: Yellow arrow Top row […]

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