A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells -- small sheet-like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and help support the nerves. When growth is abnormally excessive, Schwann cells bunch together, pressing against the hearing [..]

a harmless growth stemming from the auditory nerve, located in between the cochlea and brainstem. Loss of hearing in one or both ears, dizziness, and ringing in the ears are all commonplace symptoms

A tumor or new growth which involves the acoustic division of the eighth cranial nere, largely made up of nerve cells and nerve fibers.

Acoustic neuroma refers to a tumour of the vestibular cochlear nerve, which is the nerve which connects the ear to the brain. These are rare and slow growing tumours which may affect hearing and other [..]

A benign Schwannoma of the Eighth Cranial Nerve (Vestibulocochlear Nerve), mostly arising from the vestibular branch (Vestibular Nerve) during the fifth or sixth decade of Life. Clinical manifestation [..]

A benign tumor of the hearing nerve (eighth cranial nerve), also called vestibular schwannomas. More about acoustic neuromas.

<tumour> <oncology> This is a benign tumour of the 8th cranial nerve. This tumour arises from the myelin forming Schwann cells that coat the 8th cranial nerve (acoustic nerve). Clinical presentation usually includes hearing deficit. Diagnosis can be made with auditory evoked potentials and/or MRI scanning of the brain. Vertigo and tinni [..]