Medical Definition of Cerebellopontine angle tumour

1. This is a benign tumour of the 8th cranial nerve that affects approximately 1 out of 100,000 people. 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 tinnitus may be associated symptoms. Surgical removal of this tumour involves dissection, cautery and obliteration with laser. Causes: acoustic neuroma (90%), meningioma (7%), epidermoid (3%), uncommon: metastasis, trigeminal neuroma, arachnoid cyst, aneurysm, vertebro-basilar dolichoectasia (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerebellopontine Angle Tumour

cerebellar veins
cerebellin
cerebellitis
cerebello-
cerebello-olivary
cerebellocortical
cerebellohypothalamic fibres
cerebellolental
cerebellomedullary
cerebellomedullary cistern
cerebellomedullary malformation syndrome
cerebellopontile angle
cerebellopontine
cerebellopontine angle
cerebellopontine angle syndrome
cerebellopontine angle tumour (current term)
cerebellopontine cisternography
cerebellopontine recess
cerebellorubral
cerebellorubral tract
cerebellospinal fibres
cerebellothalamic tract
cerebellothalamocortical
cerebellum
cerebellums
cerebr-
cerebra
cerebral
cerebral agraphia
cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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