Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Vestibular Schwannomas

Publication Date: February 1, 2018
Last Updated: March 14, 2022

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Initial Preoperative Evaluation

Imaging used to detect vestibular schwannomas should use high-resolution T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted MRI. (Level III)
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Standard T1, T2, fluid attenuated inversion recovery, and diffusion weighted imaging MR sequences obtained in axial, coronal, and sagittal plane may be used for detection of vestibular schwannomas. (Level III)
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Overview

Title

Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Vestibular Schwannomas

Authoring Organization

Congress of Neurological Surgeons