acoustic neuroma
MONDO:0001569Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names acoustic neuroma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A type of benign brain tumor that begins in the Schwann cells, which produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve - the nerve of hearing.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001569), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
10 names
Resolves to: acoustic neuroma
- Also called
- acoustic neurilemmomaacoustic neurilemomaacoustic neurinomaacoustic schwannomaneurilemoma, acousticneurinoma of the acoustic nerveneuroma, acousticvestibular neurilemmomavestibular schwannomavestibular schwannoma (disease)