Types of Neuroma

Acoustic Neuroma Symptoms The early symptoms of an acoustic neuroma are often subtle. Many people attribute the symptoms to normal changes of aging, so it may be a while before the condition is diagnosed.

Depending on the patient, radiation or chemotherapy after surgery is an option. Individuals with grade 2 astrocytoma have a 5-year survival rate of about 34% without treatment and about 70% with radiation therapy. The median survival time is 4 years. III: Anaplastic astrocytoma: Consist of anaplastic astrocytomas.

Chordoma For more information, please visit our Comprehensive Brain & Spinal Tumor site. What do I have? Chordoma is a primary malignant bone cancer that develops from remnants of embryonic notochord in the skull-base (head) and spine.

A primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), also known as microglioma and primary brain lymphoma, is a primary intracranial tumor appearing mostly in patients with severe immunodeficiency (typically patients with AIDS).

Although the causes of craniopharyngioma is unknown, it can occur in both children and adults, with a peak in incidence at 9 to 14 years of age. There are approximately 120 cases diagnosed each year in the United States in patients under the age of 19 years old.

Medulloblastoma is the second-most frequent brain tumor in children after pilocytic astrocytoma and the most common malignant brain tumor in children, comprising 14.5% of newly diagnosed cases. In adults, medulloblastoma is rare, comprising fewer than 2% of CNS malignancies.

Acoustic Neuroma's cousin Vestibular Schwannoma is an Acoustic Neuroma by another name. However, a meningioma is a different tumor, also benign and slow-growing like an AN.

Surgery may not be an option because the brain stem controls vital life functions and can easily be damaged. Radiation therapy can reduce symptoms and help slow the tumor’s growth. Low-grade brain stem gliomas can have very long periods of remission.