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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

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PR2.21345, 1959-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21345
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawings, notes, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: right acoustic neuroma; headache; diplopia; and nystagmus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1963