A "'vestibular schwannoma "'is a benign primary intracranial tumor of the myelin-forming cells of the vestibulocochlear nerve ( 8th cranial nerve ).
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In April 2008, IKF launched a fundraising campaign to help Lai Thi Dao, a young girl from Vietnam, who suffered from an extremely large, benign Schwannoma tumor on the right side of her face.
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His tumor, a Schwannoma, was benign, though he lives with the stomach-churning fear of having worked in building 503 more than 20 years _ within 150 feet ( 46 meters ) of four men diagnosed with brain cancer.
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Older statistics taken from the first 23 plaintiffs indicated that nineteen had or have brain or nerve cancer, nine had or have glioblastoma multiforme, five had or have oligodendroglioma, two had or have meningioma, and one each had or has schwannoma and hemangioblastoma.
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Chromosomal rearrangements and altered expression of this gene have been implicated in several neurological, neoplastic, and other types of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, schwannoma, melanoma, and type I diabetes.
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HMB-45 is nonreactive with almost all non-melanoma human malignancies, with the exception of rare tumors showing evidence of melanogenesis ( e . g ., pigmented schwannoma, clear cell sarcoma ) or tumors associated with tuberous sclerosis complex ( angiomyolipoma and lymphangiomyoma ).
