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Neuroma, Acoustic

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Definition: A benign SCHWANNOMA of the eighth cranial nerve (VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE), mostly arising from the vestibular branch (VESTIBULAR NERVE) during the fifth or sixth decade of life. Clinical manifestations include HEARING LOSS; HEADACHE; VERTIGO; TINNITUS; and FACIAL PAIN. Bilateral acoustic neuromas are associated with NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p673)     
Examples Neurofibromatosis 2 		Other names Schwannoma, Vestibular; Schwannoma, Acoustic; Melanocytic Vestibular Schwannoma; Acoustic Neuroma; Vestibular Schwannomas, Melanocytic; Vestibular Schwannomas; Vestibular Schwannoma, Melanocytic; Tumors, Acoustic; Tumor, Acoustic; Schwannomas, Vestibular; Schwannomas, Melanocytic Vestibular; Schwannomas, Acoustic; Schwannoma, Melanocytic Vestibular; Neuromas, Acoustic; Neurinomas, Acoustic; Neurilemomas, Acoustic; Neurilemmomas, Acoustic; Melanocytic Vestibular Schwannomas; Acoustic Tumors; Acoustic Schwannomas

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