Tumours of the Eighth Nerve

MR appearance of intracanalicular eighth nerve lipoma.

The authors present the MR appearance of an intracanalicular eighth nerve lipoma in a 30-year-old woman, describe the clinical manifestations, and discuss the possible etiology; biopsy findings were conclusive. Precontrast T1-weighted images should be obtained.

The general visceral efferent component of the eighth cranial nerve.

Study of the brain stem, stato-acoustic nerve, and inner ear of the mouse by a cholinesterase technique has disclosed that the acetylcholinesterase-positive centrifugal fibers to the inner ear are part of a general visceral efferent system which supplies fibers to the facial, vestibular and cochlear nerves. This system largely corresponds in its central course to that of the bundle of fibers wh...

Intrathoracic vagus nerve tumours.

Eighth nerve deafness in early syphilis. Report of a case.

Although the occurrence of nerve deafness in congenital syphilis ranks only second to interstitial keratitis as the most frequently observed manifestation, it is only rarely encountered in the acquired form of the disease. In acquired syphilis deafness may develop either early or late in the disease. According to Moore (1947), when it occurs early it always forms a part of the syndrome of acute...

Solitary tumours of peripheral nerve trunks.

Primary solitary tumours of the peripheral nerve trunks are relatively infrequent. Three such tumours have been treated at Hammersmith Hospital during the last four years, but a search of the hospital records for the period 1939-1950 has not shown any similar cases. (Solitary tumours of the auditory nerve and spinal nerve roots are not included in this report.) In these three patients the tumou...