TYPE 3 NEUROFIBROMATOSIS SKIN

Vestibular schwannomas can also affect the facial nerve (for the muscles of the face) causing facial weakness or paralysis on the side of the tumor. As the tumor grows, it can interfere with the face sensation nerve (the trigeminal nerve), causing facial numbness. As the vestibular schwannoma grows, it affects the hearing and balance nerves, usually causing unilateral (one-sided) or asymmetric hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ear), and dizziness/loss of balance.

TYPE 3 NEUROFIBROMATOSIS SKIN

The tumor comes from an overproduction of Schwann cells-the cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin to help support and insulate nerves. Inner ear with vestibular schwannoma (tumor)Ī 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 supplying the inner ear.Ī 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 supplying the inner ear. Congressional Testimony and the NIDCD Budget.

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Type 3 neurofibromatosis