The tumors can form anywhere, but they often develop in the inner ear — which is called a vestibular schwannoma or an acoustic neuroma. If you have a vestibular schwannoma, it can affect your ...

It was only when her pupil grew larger and she began to experience double vision, she was referred to Ninewells Hospital in ...

The charity is celebrating 15 years of funding research, with a new report set to highlight achievements such as the use of a bionic eye to enhance precision and safety in operations and repurposing ...

After a second optician’s visit a few weeks later, they referred us to the hospital, where a CT scan found a shadow in my brain. “An urgent MRI then revealed what they thought was a schwannoma tumour ...

Tumour heterogeneity describes differences between tumours of the same type in different patients, and between cancer cells within a tumour. Both can lead to different responses to therapy ...

Initially, an optician in June of that year suspected it to be a rare neurological condition known as Adie pupil. However, as ...

She followed up and visited a cancer center where the doctor suspected she had something called a benign schwannoma, a type of non-cancerous nerve tumor, the Mayo Clinic notes. The doctor ...