Harrison's Practice: Acoustic Neuroma

Acoustic Neuroma

Definition

Tumor that arises from Schwann cells of the vestibular portion of the eighth cranial nerve
- More rarely, this tumor can arise from other cranial nerves including the fifth and the seventh.
Also known as vestibular schwannoma or acoustic schwannoma

Acoustic Neuroma has been found in Harrison's Practice

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