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Familial occurrence of unilateral vestibular schwannoma.
The Laryngoscope - 1 Sept 1997
Bikhazi N B, Slattery W H, Lalwani A K, Jackler R K, Bikhazi P H, Brackmann D E
Abstract excerpt
Vestibular schwannoma (VS) may present clinically in one of two forms: sporadic unilateral or hereditary bilateral. Almost all cases of familial transmission have been associated with the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type II (NF-2). In this report, we describe nine families (18 individuals) presenting with unilateral VS without evidence of NF-2. In four of the nine families, the affected individuals were of...
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