vestibular schwannoma
human disease
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Summary
vestibular schwannoma is a class of disease[1]. It draws 3,416 Wikipedia views per month (class of disease category, ranking #430 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: neurilemmoma[3], benign neoplasm of brain[4], vestibulocochlear nerve neoplasm[5]
- Commons category: Vestibular schwannoma[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: N75[7]
- Medical examination: Koos grading system[8], audiometry[9], magnetic resonance imaging[10], speech reception threshold[11], brainstem auditory evoked potential[12]
- Anatomical location: vestibulocochlear nerve[13], cerebellopontine angle[14]
- Described at URL: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/acoustic-neuroma/[15], https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/acoustic-neuroma/symptoms-causes/syc-20356127[16]
- Prevalence: 0.00005[17]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3276[19]
- Health specialty: otolaryngology[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12689[21], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12689[22], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0009588[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[24]
- Possible medical findings: Bruns nystagmus[25], corneal reflex absent[26], progressive sensorineural hearing impairment[27], stapedius reflex abnormal[28]
- P14914: D252175[29]
Why It Matters
vestibular schwannoma has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]