Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (patient information)

Overview

Acoustic neuroma, also known as vestibular schwannoma, acoustic neurinoma and acoustic neurilemoma, is a tumor that develops from schwannom cells covering vestibular nerve of inner ear to brain. The tumor is noncancerous and also usually features as slow growing one, but it may rarely have rapidly growing features and the consequences of this growth is pressure against brain and interference with vital function. The patient can be alerted about his disease by loss of hearing on one side, ringing in ears, dizziness and balance problems.