Neurology · Neurology / Neurocutaneous disorders
Neurofibromatosis type 2
also: NF2-related schwannomatosis
Autosomal dominant tumor predisposition.
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Subspecialty
- Neurology / Neurocutaneous disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, severe form with early onset
- Gene(s) involved
- LZTR1, NF2, SMARCB1
- Alternative names & eponyms
- NF2-related schwannomatosis
Etiology & mechanism
NF2 loss.
Gene(s) involved (3)
Symptoms & signs (5)
In plain terms, someone with Neurofibromatosis type 2 may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
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Overlapping symptoms
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Shares symptoms with
2 shared
Cogan syndrome
hearing loss, tinnitus
2 shared
Lermoyez syndrome
hearing loss, tinnitus
1 shared
Alport syndrome with diffuse leiomyomatosis
hearing loss
1 shared
Alström syndrome
hearing loss
1 shared
Barré–Liéou syndrome
tinnitus
1 shared
Branchio-oto-renal syndrome
hearing loss
1 shared
Chanarin–Dorfman syndrome
hearing loss
1 shared
CHARGE syndrome
hearing loss
1 shared
Cockayne syndrome
hearing loss
1 shared
Cogan syndrome with neurological involvement
hearing loss
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