Acoustic neuroma MRI

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Acoustic neuromas are most frequently diagnosed by MRI scan in a patient with unilateral hearing loss. Important information to be determined from the MRI scan are distance the tumor extends laterally in the auditory canal, the extent to which the tumor expands in the cerebello-pontine angle, and whether or not the brain stem is contacted or distorted