- Acoustic neuroma = vestibular schwannoma
- In internal acoustic canal or cerebellopontine angle
- Benign tumor of Schwann cells
- Older adults
- Unilateral – spontaneous
- Bilateral – NF2
- Clinical features
- Early symptoms
- Unilateral SNHL
- Tinnitus
- Dizziness
- Unsteady gait
- Late symptoms – compression of cerebellopontine angle
- Trigeminal nerve – paraesthesia or facial pain
- Facial nerve – facial palsy
- Cerebellum – ataxia
- 4th ventricle – hydrocephalus
- Diagnosis
- Pure tone audiometry – SNHL of higher frequencies
- Brainstem-evoked audiometry
- Contrast MRI
- Treatment
- Surgery or radiation – if large or significant symptoms
- Observation