This review article summarizes the subject of neurolemmomas in and around the temporal bone and was written as a component paper for a symposium on surgery of the skull base. The paper primarily discusses solitary schwannomas of the facial nerve, vestibular schwannomas, and jugular foramen schwannomas relative to incidence, signs and symptoms, and preferential diagnostic and therapeutic options. General considerations such as multiple neurofibromatosis, current nomenclature, and malignancy are defined.
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