Schwannoma risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:  ; Maneesha Nandimandalam, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

There are no established risk factors for [disease name].

OR

The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].

OR

Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.

Risk Factors

Common risk factors in the development of vestibular schwannoma include loud noise exposure and tobacco use.

Common Risk Factors

  • Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
  • Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
    • Loud noise exposure [1]
    • Chicken pox [2]
    • Hay fever [3]
    • Cranial imaging
    • Epilepsy

Less Common Risk Factors

  • Less common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
    • Head injury
    • Alcohol
    • Cancer

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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