The management and imaging of vestibular schwannomas

EP Lin, BT Crane - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2017 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Vestibular schwannomas are the most common cerebellopontine angle tumor. During the
past century, the management goals of vestibular schwannomas have shifted from total …

Long-term safety and efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas: evaluation of 440 patients more than 10 years after treatment with Gamma …

T Hasegawa, Y Kida, T Kato, H Iizuka… - Journal of …, 2013 - thejns.org
Object Little is known about long-term outcomes, including tumor control and adverse
radiation effects, in patients harboring vestibular schwannomas (VSs) treated with …

[HTML][HTML] “Wait and scan” management of patients with vestibular schwannoma and the relevance of non-contrast MRI in the follow-up

J Zou, T Hirvonen - Journal of otology, 2017 - Elsevier
Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a slow-growing benign neoplasm. There has been an
evolution in the management of VS from active treatments (microsurgery and stereotactic …

Cystic vestibular schwannoma: classification, management, and facial nerve outcomes

E Piccirillo, MR Wiet, S Flanagan, F Dispenza… - Otology & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Review of postoperative morbidity and facial nerve outcomes of cystic vestibular
schwannoma (CVS) patients compared with solid vestibular schwannoma (SVS) patients …

Intratumoral microhemorrhages on T2*-weighted gradient-echo imaging helps differentiate vestibular schwannoma from meningioma

K Thamburaj, VV Radhakrishnan… - American Journal …, 2008 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Vestibular schwannomas (VS) may be difficult to
differentiate from cerebellopontine angle (CPA) meningiomas. Demonstration of …

Intratumoral hemorrhage, vessel density, and the inflammatory reaction contribute to volume increase of sporadic vestibular schwannomas

M de Vries, PCW Hogendoorn, I Briaire-de Bruyn… - Virchows Archiv, 2012 - Springer
Vestibular schwannomas show a large variation in growth rate, making prediction and
anticipation of tumor growth difficult. More accurate prediction of clinical behavior requires …

Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics and the prediction of outcome of vestibular schwannomas following Gamma Knife radiosurgery

CC Wu, WY Guo, WY Chung, HM Wu, CJ Lin… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) is a promising treatment modality for patients with
vestibular schwannomas (VSs), but a small percentage of patients have persistent …

Hemorrhagic vestibular schwannoma: review of the literature

YS Niknafs, AC Wang, KD Than, AB Etame… - World Neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Clinically significant intratumoral hemorrhage historically has been reported in
only a small fraction of vestibular schwannomas (VS). Patients with hemorrhagic VS are …

Removal of large or giant sporadic vestibular schwannomas via translabyrinthine approach: a report of 115 cases

Z Zhang, Z Wang, Q Huang, J Yang, H Wu - Orl, 2013 - karger.com
Abstract Background/Aims: The present study was a retrospective analysis of surgical
outcomes of large or giant vestibular schwannomas (VSs) via a translabyrinthine approach …

Clinically significant intratumoral hemorrhage in patients with vestibular schwannoma

ML Carlson, NM Tombers, CLW Driscoll… - The …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The frequency of intratumoral hemorrhage (ITH) in vestibular schwannoma (VS)
remains undefined. Methods Retrospective case series of all patients diagnosed with …