title: Imaging Findings for Bilateral Giant Vestibulocochlear Schwannoma.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis type 2 mostly develops with multiple neoplasms of the central and peripheral nervous system and is associated with ocular abnormalities. The presented case is a 19-year-old female patient with bilateral vestibulocochlear schwannomas in both pontocerebellar corners, intradural intra-extramedullary masses, and multiple neurofibromas in the spinal canal. The clinical picture for NF-2, also called central neurofibromatosis, is completely different from von Recklinghausen disease. Untreated bilateral vestibulocochlear schwannoma may cause hydrocephalus in NF-2, and lead to death. Therefore, it is recommended to carefully monitor and treat bilateral vestibulocochlear schwannoma in accordance with its stage.
authors.affiliation: Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Science Faculty, Radiology Department, 65100, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deniz Bulut
authors.affiliation: Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Science Faculty, Radiology Department, 65100, Van, Turkey. alpaslanyavuz@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Alpaslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.affiliation: Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Science Faculty, Radiology Department, 65100, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aydın
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bora
authors.affiliation: Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Science Faculty, Radiology Department, 65100, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: İsmail
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Gülşen
authors.affiliation: Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Science Faculty, Radiology Department, 65100, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdussamet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batur
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016518:Neurofibromatosis 2 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult