Table 3.

Relationship of schwannomas^* in the literature with sensory nerve ganglia

Schwannoma location	Tumors at ganglion/total tumors (percent)
Facial nerve (10–17)	345/608 (56.7)
Vestibular nerve (18–22)	3663/3684 (99.4)
Cochlear nerve (23–29)	90/90 (100)
Neck
X (30–32)	21/21 (100)
CSC (31–35)	22/22 (100)
Cranial nerves III/IV/VI (36,37)	−/48 (0)
Lower cranial nerves
X (30,38)	10/10 (100)
IX (38–40)	50/50 (100)
Trigeminal (41–46)	144/197 (73.1)
Spinal (47–52)	693/699 (99.1)
Peripheral (53–60)	−/495 (0)

^*In most studies no differentiation was made between sporadic, neurofibromatosis type 2 and schwannomatosis patients; all are included in these numbers.