As primary care for Koos grade I vestibular schwannomas, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is superior to observation with ...

Schwannomas are benign tumours derived from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheaths. A schwannoma arising in the external auditory canal (EAC) is rare, with few cases reported in the literature.

As primary care for Koos grade I vestibular schwannomas, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is superior to observation with regard to ...

Cathy A. Haft For more than 20 years Haft has been monitored for a rare disease called genetic schwannomatosis, which causes benign tumors called schwannomas to grow on nerves, causing pressure that ...

Schwannomas arise from Schwann cells. These cells surround and insulate cranial nerves. Schwannomas are slow growing tumors. The symptoms are hearing and balance or weakness, sensory loss ...

"I had to throw away all my stereo LPs." Vestibular schwannomas, also called acoustic neuromas, start in the nerve that connects the brain to the ear, according to Cancer Research UK. The charity ...

Vestibular schwannomas related to neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) are difficult to manage and are sometimes treated with a noninvasive option, stereotactic radiosurgery. A retrospective study ...