1. Bilateral vestibular schwannoma
Bilateral vestibular schwannoma. A, Axial T1-weighted contrast-enhanced image of the skull base in a 45-year-old man with NF2. Very large multilobulated tumors with extracannicular extension are seen (arrows). B, Similar MRI of the patient's presymptomatic adolescent nephew. Small enhancing masses are seen in both internal auditory canals (arrows). C, Gross pathologic view of the skull base in an NF2 patient; arrows point to tumors in the cerebellar pontine angles (Photo courtesy of Dr. David Louis, Neuropathology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital.)
Source: Neurofibromatosis 2, The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease
Citation: Valle D, Beaudet AL, Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, Antonarakis SE, Ballabio A, Gibson K, Mitchell G. The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease; 2014 Available at: Accessed: November 07, 2017
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