Therapy of Sporadic and NF2-Related Vestibular Schwannoma
Cancers, 2020 Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a benign primary brain tumor that occurs sporadic or as part of a genetic syndrome. The most common cause is the mutation of the NF2 tumor suppressor gene that is involved in the production of the protein merlin.
Longping Yao +3 more
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Bulbar symptoms after vestibular schwannoma surgery - case report
Listy klinicke logopedie, 2020 Vestibular schwannoma is a posterior cranial fossa tumour, which is usually manifested by unilateral perceptual hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, facial tingling, etc.
Naděžda Lasotová +4 more
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Ipsilateral Vestibular Schwannoma after Cochlear Implantation
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2022 Objective. The vestibular schwannoma incidence rate is approximately 4.2 per 100,000/year. Thus far, about 700,000 cochlear implantations have been performed worldwide; therefore, the occurrence of vestibular schwannoma postcochlear implantations can be ...
S. Tüpker +7 more
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Subtotal resection of vestibular schwannoma: evaluation with Ki-67 measurement, magnetic resonance imaging, and long-term observation [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative clinical and radiological data of patients with vestibular schwannomas who were initially managed by near total resection (NTR) or subtotal resection (STR).
Angeletti, Diletta +8 more
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Subtotal petrosectomy and cerebrospinal fluid leakage in unilateral anacusis [PDF]
, 2014 Objective This study presents a group of patients experiencing recurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage associated with ipsilateral anacusis who underwent subtotal petrosectomies with the goal of stopping the CSF leak and preventing meningitis ...
Iannella, Giannicola, Magliulo, Giuseppe
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EANO Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma.
Neuro-Oncology, 2019 The level of evidence to provide treatment recommendations for vestibular schwannoma is low compared to other intracranial neoplasms. Therefore, the vestibular schwannoma task force of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology assessed the data ...
R. Goldbrunner +14 more
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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.
Xiaomin Cai +6 more
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Image findings of cranial nerve pathology on [18F]-2- deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computerized tomography (PET/CT): a pictorial essay. [PDF]
, 2015 This article aims to increase awareness about the utility of (18)F -FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of cranial nerve (CN) pathology. We discuss the clinical implication of detecting perineural tumor spread, emphasize the primary and secondary (18)F -FDG-PET/
Muzaffar, Razi +3 more
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Hearing Rehabilitation in Vestibular Schwannoma
Audiology Research, 2023 The most common complaint among patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) is hearing loss. This significantly affects the quality of life before, during, and after treatment for patients with VS.
Gauri Mankekar, Sean Holmes
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What determines quality of life in patients with vestibular schwannoma?
Clinical Otolaryngology, 2020 Patients with a vestibular schwannoma (VS) experience a reduced quality of life (QoL). The main objective of this study was to determine the strongest predictors reducing physical and mental QoL from the disease‐specific Penn Acoustic Neuroma Quality of ...
I. M. Pruijn +4 more
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