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An acoustic neuroma is a noncancerous( benign), often slow-growing tumor of the nerve that connects the ear to the brain.Vestibular schwannoma; Tumor- acoustic; Cerebellopontine angle tumor; Angle tumor.These tumors are thought to occur when there...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 23, 2008
An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor involving cells of the myelin sheath that surrounds the vestibulocochlear nerve(eighth cranial nerve).The vestibulocochlear nerve extends from the inner ear to the brain and is made up of a vestibular branch, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
A vestibular schwannoma is a type of benign(non-cancerous) tumor that affects the eighth cranial nerve.The eighth cranial nerve is involved in both hearing(the auditory or acoustic component of the nerve) and balance(the vestibular component of th...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor involving cells of the myelin sheath that surrounds the vestibulocochlear nerve(eighth cranial nerve).The vestibulocochlear nerve extends from the inner ear to the brain and is made up of a vestibular branch, ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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