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)
Also Known As:
Acoustic Neurinoma; Vestibular Schwannoma; Acoustic Neuromas; Acoustic Schwannomas; Neuroma, Acoustic; Acoustic Neuroma, Cerebellopontine Angle; Acoustic Tumor; Angle Tumor; Cerebellopontine Angle Acoustic Neuroma; Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor; Neurilemmoma, Acoustic; Neurilemoma, Acoustic; Neurinoma of the Acoustic Nerve; Neurinoma, Acoustic; Neuroma, Acoustic, Unilateral; Acoustic Neurilemmoma; Acoustic Neurilemmomas; Acoustic Neurilemoma; Acoustic Neurilemomas; Acoustic Neurinomas; Acoustic Schwannoma; Acoustic Tumors; Angle Tumor, Cerebellopontine; Angle Tumors; Angle Tumors, Cerebellopontine; Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors; Melanocytic Vestibular Schwannomas; Neurilemmomas, Acoustic; Neurilemomas, Acoustic; Neurinomas, Acoustic; Neuromas, Acoustic; Schwannoma, Melanocytic Vestibular; Schwannomas, Acoustic; Schwannomas, Melanocytic Vestibular; Schwannomas, Vestibular; Tumor, Acoustic; Tumor, Angle; Tumor, Cerebellopontine Angle; Tumors, Acoustic; Tumors, Angle; Tumors, Cerebellopontine Angle; Vestibular Schwannoma, Melanocytic; Vestibular Schwannomas; Vestibular Schwannomas, Melanocytic; Melanocytic Vestibular Schwannoma; Schwannoma, Acoustic; Schwannoma, Vestibular