Acoustic neuroma: A benign tumor of the 8th cranial nerve which lies in the tube connecting the inner ear to the brain. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acoustic neuroma is available below.
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Prognosis for Acoustic neuroma: Tumor usually benign but may gradually compress face or brain.
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A type of benign brain tumor that begins in the Schwann cells, which produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve - the nerve of hearing. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Acoustic neuroma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acoustic neuroma, or a subtype of Acoustic neuroma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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