Where is a Cerabellar pontine angle acoustic neuroma positioned ?

[Steve_04]

Is the CPA acoustic neuromas in line with our mouth / jaw line ?

I had an X-ray back in 2018. Nothing untoward was reported. If I had my CPA Acoustic neuroma back then would it have shown on this as I was only diagnosed in January 2021 measuring 4cm x 2.5 cm

[flappers]

I’m not a radiologist however I’m pretty sure that an X-ray will show up boney bits and MRIs show up soft tissues, so your dental X-ray couldn’t pick up a brain tumour, but I’m interested to see what others think, so sorry you’re going through this and hope you’re receiving the best treatment now.

[Colejoe1]

Hi Steve

Doubt it would show on dental X-ray.

I was constantly visiting the dentist 6 months prior to my AN diagnosis and had x rays nothing showed on mine although it was the AN pressing on the trigemenial neuralgia nerve that was causing the toothache. My AN was 3cm tooth ache and face pain were the only real symptoms that made me seek dental/medical attention

[Steve_04 in reply to Colejoe1]

What is weird is , I had severe tooth pain in 2017/2018 . An X-ray shown an alledged abscess. I had no facial swelling etc associated with an abscess. But the pain was severe. A course of anti biotics was given then they tried to extract the tooth. OMG even with all the injections to numb me the pain I still had while the dentist was trying to remove my tooth was too much. I nearly had a go at the dentist when she said have you had a tooth taken out before knowing full well I have by my dental history etc. another course of anti biotics was issued then the tooth was extracted and after that my tongue wasn’t the same , I had insider gum weakness etcI have had so much going on with to many un answered questions. Such is life I suppose.

[Colejoe1]

My X-ray didn’t show anything so they did root canal that made the pain worse so I asked them to remove the tooth After tooth extraction I started getting electric shock pains in my face so went to GP who referred me to neurologist and gave me tablets fro trigeminal neuralgia the tablets took the pain away then a couple of months later I noticed my hearing was very poor in left ear so was sent for mri. All this took about 12months. My neurosurgeon did say ANs are really hard to diagnose. Hope you’re recovering well since surgery