A Case Report of Hemifacial Spasm Caused by Vestibular Schwannoma and Literature Review
Brain Sciences, 2022 Background: Most cases of hemifacial spasm result from mechanical compression at the root exit zone of the facial nerve by vascular loops, and only a few cases are caused by vestibular schwannoma.
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Electrical vestibular stimulation in humans. A narrative review [PDF]
, 2019 Background: In patients with bilateral vestibulopathy, the regular treatment options, such as medication, surgery, and/ or vestibular rehabilitation, do not always suffice. Therefore, the focus in this field of vestibular research shifted to electri-
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Retinitis pigmentosa: evaluation of the vestibular system with cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials and the video head impulse test [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) represents a group of inherited disorders in which abnormalities of the photoreceptors lead to progressive visual loss.
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Surgical treatment of sporadic vestibular schwannoma in a series of 1006 patients. Trattamento chirurgico degli schwannomi vestibolari: risultati su una serie di 1006 pazienti [PDF]
, 2016 La gestione dello schwannoma vestibolare (SV) sporadico si è gradualmente evoluta negli ultimi decenni. Lo scopo di questo studio è di analizzare l’evoluzione negli esiti chirurgici dell’exeresi di queste lesioni, realizzata da un team neurotologico tra
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Optimized preoperative determination of nerve of origin in patients with vestibular schwannoma
Scientific Reports, 2021 In vestibular schwannoma (VS) patients hearing outcome and surgery related risks can vary and depend on the nerve of origin. Preoperative origin differentiation between inferior or superior vestibular nerve may influence the decision on treatment, and ...
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Saccular Pathology Is Most Commonly Found in Patients With General Vestibular Disorders [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Objectives The first purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in the frequency of involvement of the superior vestibular nerve (SVN) and inferior vestibular nerve (IVN) territories in general vestibular disorders, and to identify which IVN
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Molecular Medicine Reports, 2015 Vestibular schwannomas, also known as acoustic neuromas, are benign tumors, which originate from myelin-forming Schwann cells. They develop in the vestibular branch of the eighth cranial nerve in the internal auditory canal or cerebellopontine angle. The
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Synaptic plasticity in medial vestibular nucleus neurons: comparison with computational requirements of VOR adaptation [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain adaptation, a longstanding experimental model of cerebellar learning, utilizes sites of plasticity in both cerebellar cortex and brainstem.
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Bedside differentiation of vestibular neuritis from central "vestibular pseudoneuritis". [PDF]
, 2008 Acute unilateral peripheral and central vestibular lesions can cause similar signs and symptoms, but they require different diagnostics and management.
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Vestibular Schwannoma with Contralateral Facial Nerve Palsy: A False Localizing Sign
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017 Vestibular schwannomas are the most common cerebellopontine angle tumors. These tumors commonly present with ipsilateral dysfunction of acoustic, vestibular, trigeminal, and facial nerves.
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