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A total of 66 specimens (26 from the intrameatal portion and 40 from the cisternal portion) were obtained from 34 patients with VS. There was a moderate correlation between the PI and MIB-1 labelling index values (R = 0.57, p &lt; 0.0001). In contrast, the patterns of heterogeneity, represented by the proportion of intrameatal PI to cisternal PI, were associated with tumor size (p = 0.03). In addition, preoperative hearing tended to be poor in cases where the intrameatal PI was higher than the cisternal PI (p = 0.06). Our data demonstrated the presence of intratumoral heterogeneity of proliferative potential in VS and its relationship with tumor characteristics. 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