Table 5

Average risk per decade of patients presenting with vestibular schwannoma having NF2

Age (y)% with NF2% with NF2 UVS at diagnosis% with NF2 with no FH and no other NF2 features
10–1933% (22–50%)6% (2.6–9%)1% (0.3–1.4%)
20–2915% (8–22%)2.7% (0.9–4%)0.45% (0.1–0.6%)
30–395% (3–8%)0.9% (0.3–1.4%)0.15% (0.03–2.2%)
40–492% (1–3%)0.36% (0.1–0.54%)0.06% (0.01–0.08%)
50–591% (0.5–1.5%)0.18% (0.06–0.27%)0.03% (0.007–0.05%)
60–69
  • UVS= unilateral vestibular schwannoma; FH=family history.