Common
Sensorineural hearing loss (unilateral), often progressive (an average symptom onset of 4 years)
Loss of speech discrimination
Tinnitus
Unsteadiness while walking is common, but ve...
Treatment options include observation, stereotactic radiosurgery, fractionated radiotherapy, and microsurgery. Tumors with a maximal diameter of <1.5 cm in the cerebellopo...
MRI and audiometry
Progression of hearing loss, regardless of tumor growth or treatment is expected. A recent study showed no significant difference in serviceable...
The most common signs and symptoms are unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, poor speech discrimination, and tinnitus; may present as sudden deafness.
MRI with gadolinium is the gold s...
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<bold>Fig SK 13-1. Acoustic neuroma.</bold> Contrast-enhancing mass (arrow) in the right internal auditory canal and cerebellopontine angle cistern.<sup>1</sup>
<bold>Fig SK 13-1. Acoustic neuroma.</bold> Contrast-enhancing mass (arrow) in the right internal auditory canal and cerebello...
<bold>FIGURE 114.9</bold> Small intracanalicular acoustic neuroma observed on axial magnetic resonance imaging (<italic>arrow</bold>). The patient is a 42-year-old man who had reported progressive hearing loss in the right ear. Given his profound preoperative hearing loss, he had this lesion resected through a translabyrinthine approach without preservation of hearing function.
<bold>FIGURE 114.9</bold> Small intracanalicular acoustic neuroma observed on axial magnetic resonance imaging (<italic>...