Ueg 2024 Vestibular Schwannoma. Whether you are newly diagnosed or looking for a second opinion, the johns hopkins acoustic neuroma center, part of one of the largest brain tumor centers in the world, offers unmatched. Vestibular schwannomas (vs), historically known as acoustic neuromas, are benign neoplasms arising from schwann cells surrounding the vestibular branch of cranial nerve (cn) viii.

A vestibular schwannoma (also called an acoustic neuroma) is a noncancerous (benign) tumor that originates in the cells that wrap around the vestibular nerve (schwann cells). Schwannomas can occur on any cranial or peripheral nerve.