title: Diagnosis of acoustic neuroma with computed tomography.
abstract: Sixty-one acoustic neuromas were examined with computed tomography (CT). For differential diagnosis the tumors were thoroughly analyzed for manner of growth, shape, volume, calcification, attenuation pattern, constrast enhancement, presence of peripheral edema, and cisternal deformation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002946:Cisterna Magna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed