Neuroma, Acoustic
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A benign SCHWANNOMA of the eighth cranial nerve ( VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE), mostly arising from the vestibular branch ( VESTIBULAR NERVE) during the fifth or sixth decade of life. Clinical manifestations include HEARING LOSS; HEADACHE; VERTIGO; TINNITUS; and FACIAL PAIN.,Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
PR2.8639, 1950
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8639
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: acoustic neurinoma; disseminated sclerosis; hemi-paresis; gait disorder; papilloedema; deafness; vision disorder; tremor; demyelination; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1950
PR2.13051, 1953-1956
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13051
Scope and Contents
Typed correspondence, notes, charts and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: deafness; tinnitius; dizziness; unsteadiness; nystagmus; ataxia; acoustic neuroma; and herpes zoster. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1953-1956