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A 20-year-old man complains of increasing difficulty in hearing over the past several years. Physical examination confirms bilateral sensorineural hearing deficits. MRI discloses bilateral cerebellopontine angle tumors, consistent with schwannomas. This patient has a strong family history for benign tumors, including low-grade gliomas and meningiomas on his mother’s side of the family. Which of the following is the probable diagnosis?

ANeurofibromatosis type 1
BNeurofibromatosis type 2
CSturge-Weber syndrome
DTuberous sclerosis
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