Table 2

Diagnostic criteria for NF2 (these include the NIH criteria8 with additional criteria21)

Bilateral vestibular schwannomas orfamily history of NF2 plus
 (1) Unilateral VS or
(2)  Any two of: meningioma, glioma, neurofibroma, schwannoma, posterior subcapsular lenticular opacities
Additional criteria
Unilateral VS plusany two of: meningioma, glioma, neurofibroma, schwannoma, and posterior subcapsular opacities
or
Multiple meningioma (two or more) plusunilateral VS or any two of: glioma, neurofibroma, schwannoma, and cataract
  • “Any two of” refers to individual tumours or cataract, not to tumour types.