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A Practical Clinical Approach to Balance Disorders

A Practical Clinical Approach to Balance Disorders is a Workshop that will take place as part of the 54th South African Annual ENT Congress. It is scheduled for Sunday 28 October 2018 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The workshop is intended for ear nose and throat (ENT) surgeons, neurologists, general practitioners(GPs), audiologists, physiotherapists and

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Can a virus cause a vestibular schwannoma

Can a virus cause a vestibular schwannoma. A sporadic vestibular schwannoma is a schwannoma that does not occur as part of a syndrome such as neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). Before answering the question, one needs to acknowledge the fact that viruses are responsible for certain cancers. Worldwide it is estimated that between 10-15 % of cancers

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