Acoustic neuroma history and symptoms
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
Overview
Symptoms of acoustic neuroma include hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, headaches, facial weakness, facial numbness and tingling, dizziness, taste changes, difficulty swallowing and hoarseness and, confusion.[1]
Symptoms
Symptoms and signs of Acoustic neuroma considerably dependent on the size of tumor for instance, generalized headacheoccures in less than 20% of patients with small acoustic tumors (less than 2cm), although it can occur in 43 to 75% of patients with tumor over 4cm in diameter.[2] In table 1 and table 2 there are information about the frequency of major symptoms and signs and cranial nerve disturbances respectively. [3]
| Symptoms and signs in Order of frequency (Table 1) | |||
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| Symptoms and signs | Frequency | Sensitivity | Specificity |
| Hypacusis | The most common | High | |
| Facial paresthesia | Commonly seen | Moderate | |
| Instability of gait | |||
| Tinnitus | |||
| Hearing loss | Occasionally seen | low | |
| Headache | |||
| Facial paralysis | |||
| Vertigo | |||
| Absent corneal reflex | |||
| Bucking | Rarely seen | Very low | |
| Visual disorder | |||
| Nausea and vomiting | |||
| Nystagmus | |||
| Movement disorder | |||
| Mastication disorder | |||
| Romberg sign | |||
| Hoarseness | |||
| Abduction disorder | |||
| Ear pain | |||
Symptoms of acoustic neuroma include:[1][4]
- Sensorineural hearing loss - often occur gradually and most of times unilateral
- Vertigo
- Tinnitus
- Facial weakness
- Facial numbness and tingling
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Difficulty swallowing and hoarseness
- Taste changes
- Confusion
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vestibular Schwannoma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_schwannoma Accessed on October 2 2015
- ↑ Robert G. Hart, M.D. and John Davenport, M.D (1981). "Diagnosis of Acoustic Neuroma". Neurosurgery. 4: 450.
- ↑ XIANG HUANG, JIAN XU, MING XU, LIANG-FU ZHOU, RONG ZHANG, LIQIN LANG, QIWU XU, PING ZHONG, MINGYU CHEN, YING WANG and ZHENYU ZHANG (2012). "Clinical features of intracranial vestibular schwannomas". ONCOLOGY LETTERS.
- ↑ [https ://medlineplus.gov/acousticneuroma.html "MedlinePlus Acoustic neuroma"] Check
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