title: Neuro-otological findings in patients with small acoustic neuromas.
abstract: The method of choice for the diagnosis of even the smallest acoustic neuromas is CT gas cisternography. Lumbar puncture and gas insufflation, however, is an intervention demanding strict indication. Neuro-otological examinations should lead to this indication. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate neuro-otological findings on 19 patients presenting small acoustic neuromas. These neuro-otological findings are not necessarily comparable to earlier reports in the literature dealing with mainly larger tumours at a time when early diagnosis was not so advanced.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D011011:Pneumoencephalography / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods