Is acoustic neuroma painful?

Question

Can you tell me about an acoustic neuroma?

Answer 1

No: Typically the main complaint people have if they have an acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) is hearing loss and/or tinnitus (ringing in the ear). Only if it is particularly large will patients complain of headaches.

Answer 2

Get checked out: Acoustic neuromas almost never cause pain.

Answer 3

No: Almost never causes pain; if very large, can cause numbness over the face though.

Answer 4

Cranial nerve tumor: This is a tumor which occurs on one of the nerves which exit the brainstem within the skull. The treatment is determined by the size of the tumor and the symptoms it is causing. Treatment options are conservative management (watching with serial mris), surgical removal or radiosurgery (radiation therapy). Small, asymptomatic acoustic tumors are often observed.

Answer 5

See doctor: Acoustic neuromas are benign rumors that usually grow on the balance portion of the 8th cranial nerve, that controls hearing and balance. Treatment may consist of observation, surgery or radiation depending on the size of the tumor, age of the patient, and extent of hearing loss. Should see ENT or neurosurgeon, to discuss treatment options.

Answer 6

Balance nerve tumor: "acoustic neuroma" is actually a double misnomer: it is neither from the acoustic nerve nor is it a neuroma. It is actually a vestibular schwannoma: a benign tumor of the schwan cells (cells that wrap around and insulate nerves), not of the nerve itself, that grows off of / around the vestibular nerve, the nerve for balance, rather than the acoustic nerve or nerve of hearing.

Answer 7

Benign tumor : Acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor of the balance nerve. Treatments include observation, surgery, or radiation. Treatment is based in size of lesion, symptoms and age. Please see response to similar questions on this site.

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