| Acoustic Neuroma Surgery | | | | stable asymmetrical hearing loss should generally all be |
| | | | evaluated by a medical doctor with otologic expertise. |
| An acoustic neuroma is a skull based nerve sheath | | | | The following text describes how this integration |
| tumor that constitutes about 6% of all primary | | | | process can be done.... |
| intracranial tumors. The are usually benign and slow | | | | |
| growing tumor which arise primarily from the | | | | Acoustic neuroma can be difficult to diagnose, |
| vestibular portion of the VIII cranial nerve and lie in | | | | because the symptoms are similar to those of middle |
| the cerebellopontine angle - a wedge shaped area | | | | ear problems. |
| bounded by the petrous bone, the pons and the | | | | If the tumor stays small, you may only need to have |
| cerebellum. | | | | it checked regularly. If you do need treatment, |
| In general, all acoustic tumors with an intracranial | | | | surgery and radiation are options. If the tumors |
| diameter of up to approximately 4 cm qualify for | | | | affect both hearing nerves, it is often because of a |
| Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Over the years, larger | | | | genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis. The tumor |
| tumors occasionally have been treated successfully | | | | can also eventually cause numbness or paralysis of |
| with this technique... | | | | the face. If it grows large enough, it can press |
| | | | against the brain, becoming life-threatening... |
| Acoustic neuromas, also known as vestibular | | | | |
| schwannomas, are non-malignant tumors of the 8th | | | | Please log on to : Acoustic Neuroma Surgery |
| cranial nerve. Most commonly they arise from the | | | | Please log on to : ENT treatment |
| covering cells (Schwann cells) of the inferior vestibular | | | | |
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| Diagnosis of an acoustic usually requires either a | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| medical doctor with otologic expertise who can | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams stationed |
| integrate together the entire picture, or an MRI with | | | | at each partner hospital, we provide you the |
| gadolinium. Because acoustic neuromas are very rare, | | | | smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. With a |
| and MRI's are very expensive, in our opinion -- all | | | | ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five patients |
| patients with a substantial risk of having an acoustic | | | | our patient care standards are unmatched across the |
| should be evaluated by a medical doctor with otologic | | | | sub continent. |
| expertise. In other words, patients with unexplained | | | | |