Pictoral Essay: Imaging of Acoustic Neuroma with Brief Literature Review
Vol. 2 No. 7 (2012), Articles
Vol. 2 No. 7 (2012)

Pictoral Essay: Imaging of Acoustic Neuroma with Brief Literature Review

Felix U Uduma
Department Uf Radiology. Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria
Jude-Kennedy C Emejuru
Neuro-Surgical Unit, Department Of Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria
Mathieu Motah
Neuro-Surgical Unit, Department Of Surgery, University Of Douala, Douala, Cameroon
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Keywords

Acoustic neuroma, Cerebello-pontine angle, MRI, Vestibulo-cochlear

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Uduma, F. U., Emejuru, J.-K. C., & Motah, M. . (2012). Pictoral Essay: Imaging of Acoustic Neuroma with Brief Literature Review. Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 2(7), 345–353. Retrieved from https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5003/article/view/3360
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Abstract

Acoustic neuroma is the commonest cerebello-pontine angle(CPA) tumour. It is a benign tumour of intracranial segment of the vestibulo-cochlear cranial nerve. In this pictoral essay, we used MRI images to highlight typical imaging features of acoustic neuroma. Our patient was a 51 year old male Cameronian civil servant with a right CPA mass. This was preceded by right unilateral sensori-neural hearing loss and disequilibrium. MRI has been adjudged to be the most recent and best radiological diagnostic tool in the evaluations of acoustic neuroma

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