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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of schwannoma | Common risk factors in the development of schwannoma are related to occupational, environmental, and genetic factors such as exposure to loud noise or cranial imaging, history of head injury or epilepsy or alcohol use. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
===Common Risk Factors=== | ===Common Risk Factors=== | ||
*Common risk factors in the development of | *Common risk factors in the development of schwannoma include: | ||
**Loud noise exposure <ref name="pmid26996581">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chen M, Fan Z, Zheng X, Cao F, Wang L |title=Risk Factors of Acoustic Neuroma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |journal=Yonsei Med. J. |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=776–83 |date=May 2016 |pmid=26996581 |pmc=4800371 |doi=10.3349/ymj.2016.57.3.776 |url=}}</ref> | **Loud noise exposure <ref name="pmid26996581">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chen M, Fan Z, Zheng X, Cao F, Wang L |title=Risk Factors of Acoustic Neuroma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |journal=Yonsei Med. J. |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=776–83 |date=May 2016 |pmid=26996581 |pmc=4800371 |doi=10.3349/ymj.2016.57.3.776 |url=}}</ref> | ||
**Chicken pox <ref name="pmid22377646">{{cite journal |vauthors=Corona AP, Ferrite S, Lopes Mda S, Rêgo MA |title=Risk factors associated with vestibular nerve schwannomas |journal=Otol. Neurotol. |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=459–65 |date=April 2012 |pmid=22377646 |doi=10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182487fee |url=}}</ref> | **Chicken pox <ref name="pmid22377646">{{cite journal |vauthors=Corona AP, Ferrite S, Lopes Mda S, Rêgo MA |title=Risk factors associated with vestibular nerve schwannomas |journal=Otol. Neurotol. |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=459–65 |date=April 2012 |pmid=22377646 |doi=10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182487fee |url=}}</ref> | ||
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===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ||
*Less common risk factors in the development of | *Less common risk factors in the development of schwannoma include: | ||
**Head injury | **Head injury | ||
**Alcohol | **Alcohol | ||
Latest revision as of 01:12, 30 October 2019
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Maneesha Nandimandalam, M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of schwannoma are related to occupational, environmental, and genetic factors such as exposure to loud noise or cranial imaging, history of head injury or epilepsy or alcohol use.
Risk Factors
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of schwannoma include:
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of schwannoma include:
- Head injury
- Alcohol
- Cancer
References
- ↑ Chen M, Fan Z, Zheng X, Cao F, Wang L (May 2016). "Risk Factors of Acoustic Neuroma: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Yonsei Med. J. 57 (3): 776–83. doi:10.3349/ymj.2016.57.3.776. PMC 4800371. PMID 26996581.
- ↑ Corona AP, Ferrite S, Lopes Mda S, Rêgo MA (April 2012). "Risk factors associated with vestibular nerve schwannomas". Otol. Neurotol. 33 (3): 459–65. doi:10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182487fee. PMID 22377646.
- ↑ Berkowitz O, Iyer AK, Kano H, Talbott EO, Lunsford LD (December 2015). "Epidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Vestibular Schwannoma". World Neurosurg. 84 (6): 1674–80. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.07.007. PMID 26171891.