What is Schwannoma?

What is Schwannoma?

• Schwannoma: Solid, benign tumour derived from Schwann cells. Primarily found in the cerebellopontine angle.
• Schwannoma: A tumor of the peripheral nervous system composed of neoplastic Schwann cells. The vast majority of Schwannomas follow a benign clinical course. Only rare cases associated with a malignant clinical course have been reported. -- 2004
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Schwannoma: Introduction

Types of Schwannoma:

Broader types of Schwannoma:

• Cancer
• Nervous system conditions
• Neurological system tumors
• more types...»

How serious is Schwannoma?

Complications of Schwannoma: see complications of Schwannoma

What causes Schwannoma?

Causes of Schwannoma: see causes of Schwannoma

What are the symptoms of Schwannoma?

Symptoms of Schwannoma: see symptoms of Schwannoma

Complications of Schwannoma: see complications of Schwannoma

Can anyone else get Schwannoma?

More information: see contagiousness of Schwannoma
Inheritance: see inheritance of Schwannoma

Schwannoma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Schwannoma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Schwannoma.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Schwannoma: Neurologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Schwannoma.
Treatments for Schwannoma: see treatments for Schwannoma

Name and Aliases of Schwannoma

Main name of condition: Schwannoma

Neurilemmoma, Neurolemmoma Source - Diseases Database

Schwannoma: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Schwannoma:

• Neurilemmmoma
• Nerve sheath tumour
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neurofibrosarcoma
• Vestibular schwannoma
• Acoustic neuroma

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