Early history of neurofibromatosis type 2 and related forms: earliest descriptions of acoustic neuromas, medical curiosities, misconceptions, landmarks and the pioneers behind the eponyms

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Catania, AOU "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", Presidio "G. Rodolico", Via S. Sofia, 78, 95124, Catania, Italy. m.ruggieri@unict.it.
• ² Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Catania, AOU "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", Presidio "G. Rodolico", Via S. Sofia, 78, 95124, Catania, Italy.
• ³ Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G. Ingrassia", Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G. Ingrassia", Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
• ⁶ National Centre for Rare Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.