OBJECTIVE To explore and analyze the influencing factors of facial nerve function retainment after microsurgery resection of acoustic neurinoma. METHODS Retrospective analysis of our hospital 105 acoustic neuroma cases from October, 2006 to January 2012, in the group all patients were treated with suboccipital sigmoid sinus approach to acoustic neuroma microsurgery resection. We adopted resea...

Routine thin-sect ion CT after contrast enhancement may fail to demonstrate smal l acoustic neuromas, usually those smaller than 10 mm [1, 2]. Metrizamide CT cisternography has demonstrated such small acoustic neuromas, but cannot demonstrate an intracanalicular tumor accurately [3]. Pantopaque c isternography can demonstrate an intracanalicular mass, but has a high percentage of inconclusive e...

Although unilateral acoustic neuromas in children are rare, they do occur. There is no gender predilection and the clinical symptoms and signs are similar to those seen in adults. They tend to occur in the absence of neurofibromatosis and are usually benign. Our patient is the youngest yet reported with documented unilateral acoustic neuroma; moreover; she is the first child in whom this tumor ...