ALLMedicine™ Acoustic Neuroma Center

Jun 21st, 2022 - Many patients diagnosed with a vestibular schwannoma (also called acoustic neuroma) eventually lose hearing in the afflicted ear. Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have led to tumors being diagnosed at smaller sizes, however, this h...

May 10th, 2022 - The current standard treatment of a large tumor of the balance nerve (acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma) is surgical resection. Complete removal of such tumor is associated with significant risks of hearing loss and facial paralysis wherea...

May 5th, 2022 - Predicting reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after resection of a benign or low-grade brain tumour provides the opportunity for early intervention, and targeted expenditure of scarce supportive care resources. We aimed to develop, and...

Apr 19th, 2022 - A 35-year-old man comes to clinic for evaluation of new, severe headaches. He reports that these started 3 days ago.

Apr 19th, 2022 - The objective of this study was to explore serum microRNA (miRNA) profile characteristic of patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), including both sporadic and familial cases, by comprehensive analysis of miRNA expression using next-generati...

Jun 21st, 2022 - Many patients diagnosed with a vestibular schwannoma (also called acoustic neuroma) eventually lose hearing in the afflicted ear. Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have led to tumors being diagnosed at smaller sizes, however, this h...

May 10th, 2022 - The current standard treatment of a large tumor of the balance nerve (acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma) is surgical resection. Complete removal of such tumor is associated with significant risks of hearing loss and facial paralysis wherea...

Jan 20th, 2022 - Mastoidectomy is a common otologic surgical procedure in which all or part of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone is removed with a surgical drill. The procedure is performed to treat diseases and infections such as mastoiditis and cholesteat...

Oct 20th, 2021 - Whatever the acoustic neuroma treatments, the patient risks a hearing loss. The global strategy of hearing care aims to preserve the quality of life and patient hearing. For severe to profound hearing loss and anatomical auditory nerve preservatio...

Aug 19th, 2021 - Damage or dysfunction of the facial nerve can result in paralysis, abnormal muscle tone, abnormal movement patterns, eye irritations, and decreased facial expression. Medical conditions that can typically result in facial nerve dysfunction are Bel...

Apr 19th, 2022 - A 35-year-old man comes to clinic for evaluation of new, severe headaches. He reports that these started 3 days ago.

Mar 30th, 2022 - A new UK study shows no link between brain tumors and cell phone use, even among individuals who used their phones every day and/or had used them for over 10 years. "These results support the accumulating evidence that mobile phone use under usual...

Mar 11th, 2019 - Schwannomas are benign tumors exclusively composed of Schwann cells that arise from the peripheral nerve sheath; these tumors theoretically can present anywhere in the body where nerves reside. They tend to occur in the head and neck region (class.

Aug 28th, 2018 - MRI of the brain is often performed for patients with primary headaches, which account for about 90% of all headaches. An incidental finding (IF) or normal anatomical variant is frequently revealed and may cause concern for the patient and family....

Apr 30th, 2018 - Last month, surgeons from Johns Hopkins University published a small case series in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery detailing their success in restoring smiles to patients with facial paralysis. In this video, lead author Kofi Boahene, MD, of Johns Ho...