Of skull base tumors, vestibular schwannomas were the most commonly treated. The radiographic control rate for these cases was 93%, with a 19% complication rate. The median progression-free ...

Get to know the rare disease Neurofibromatosis, starting from the symptoms, causes, to the risk factors for this genetic ...

Doctors typically treat larger forms of the tumors, called vestibular schwannomas, while taking a "watch and wait" approach to smaller tumors that aren't causing appreciable problems. But the new ...

Bilateral vestibular schwannomas (VS) are the main feature of NF2-related schwannomatosis, but the immunological landscape of VS is poorly understood. By performing imaging mass cytometry ...

ABSTRACT: Schwannomas are benign, encapsulated tumors originating from Schwann cells, commonly found in the head and neck region. Although rare, lip schwannomas can occur and are typically ...

cardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk A 54 year old man presented with numerous cutaneous schwannomas, cranial nerve lesions, and spinal cord lesions, but no evidence of vestibular nerve involvement. There was ...

Alanen E, Heikkinen S, Nurminen R, et al. Early-onset grade 2-3 diffuse gliomas and schwannomas increase the risk of central nervous system tumors among the patients’ relatives. Neurooncol Adv.

The seventh cranial nerve governs the sensation and movement of all the muscles in the face. Damage to this nerve can cause an inability to move one or both sides of the face, affecting a child’s ...

Disruptions to developmental cell signaling pathways and transcriptional cascades have been implicated in tumor initiation, maintenance and progression. Resurgence of aberrant neurodevelopmental ...

Presacral tumors are rare lesions of the retrorectal space that can present diagnostic and therapeutic difficulty because of their anatomic location and the different tissue types and etiology.