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schwannoma

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schwannoma [shwä′nō·mə]
(medicine)


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Introductory chapters discuss history, radiobiology, and neuropathology of radiosurgery, followed by procedures for diseases such as arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, cavernomas, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, trigeminal neuralgia, vestibular and nonvestibular schwannomas, movement disorders, epilepsy, ocular disorders, pediatric brain tumors, and brain metastases.
The diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 2 are met by an individual who has the following: (1) bilateral acoustic neuromas, or (2) a first-degree relative with the type 2 disorder and either a unilateral lesion or two of the following: neurofibroma, meningioma, glioma, schwannoma, or juvenile posterior subcapsular lenticular opacity.
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