Cellular schwannoma is an uncommon, but well-recognized, benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor, which can be misdiagnosed as malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. To develop consensus diagnostic ...

Deficiency of the tumor suppressor protein merlin leads to the development of benign tumors of the nervous system such as schwannomas, ependymomas and meningiomas. These tumors can occur spontaneously ...

Financial advisor, author and former CNBC host Suze Orman has always stressed that it is a mistake for people to ignore their money problems. Now she wants you to know that "the most vital and stupid ...

A vestibular schwannoma (also known as acoustic neuroma, acoustic neurinoma, or acoustic neurilemoma) is a benign, usually slow-growing tumor that develops from the balance and hearing nerves ...

Gail Cohen was enjoying a day at the beach three years ago when she felt a lump on the back of her left knee and then started to feel numbness in her foot — a scary experience for anybody, but ...

Schwannomas are usually benign tumors attached to peripheral nerves and are rarely found in the gastrointestinal tract. Schwannomas in the porta hepatis are extremely rare, with only 15 cases ...

Since 2019, MSK has been pioneering the use of robotic surgery for resecting complex, benign paraspinal tumors. Spine neurosurgeon Ori Barzilai, MD, collaborates with thoracic, urologic, and ...

A Mayo Clinic study has found that radiosurgery on a rare, typically benign intracranial tumor, is an effective alternative to surgery. The use of stereotactic radiosurgery has less risk of injuring ...

A Vietnamese girl with a 16-pound facial tumor is in Miami awaiting surgery to restore her ability to eat and speak. Fifteen-year-old Lai Thi Dao suffers from a Schwannoma tumor that has been growing ...

A Vietnamese girl is finally free of a disfiguring 16-pound facial tumor, after a surgery that lasted at least 12 hours in Miami. The Schwannoma tumor had consumed the lower half of 15-year-old Lai ...