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'''Neuroma''' is a benign non-neoplastic growth of nervous tissue composed of nerve fibres and Schwann cells.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueneuroma.html http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueneuroma.html]. Accessed on: 22 January 2014.</ref> | '''Neuroma''' is a benign non-neoplastic growth of nervous tissue composed of nerve fibres and Schwann cells.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueneuroma.html http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueneuroma.html]. Accessed on: 22 January 2014.</ref> | ||
Not otherwise specified, it | Not otherwise specified, it often refers to a '''[[traumatic neuroma]]'''.<ref name=pmid20224738>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kitcat | first1 = M. | last2 = Hunter | first2 = JE. | last3 = Malata | first3 = CM. | title = Sciatic neuroma presenting forty years after above-knee amputation. | journal = Open Orthop J | volume = 3 | issue = | pages = 125-7 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.2174/1874325000903010125 | PMID = 20224738 }}</ref> | ||
==Other types neuromas== | ==Other types neuromas== | ||
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*[[Palisaded encapsulated neuroma]]. | *[[Palisaded encapsulated neuroma]]. | ||
*[[Morton neuroma]] (plantar interdigital neuroma) - lesion in the foot, due to chronic nerve compression.<ref>{{Ref_PSNP|238}}</ref> | *[[Morton neuroma]] (plantar interdigital neuroma) - lesion in the foot, due to chronic nerve compression.<ref>{{Ref_PSNP|238}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Hyperplastic polyp with perineuromatous stroma]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:14, 29 October 2015
Neuroma is a benign non-neoplastic growth of nervous tissue composed of nerve fibres and Schwann cells.[1]
Not otherwise specified, it often refers to a traumatic neuroma.[2]
Other types neuromas
- Acoustic neuroma - this is misnomer; it is actually a Schwannoma.
- Palisaded encapsulated neuroma.
- Morton neuroma (plantar interdigital neuroma) - lesion in the foot, due to chronic nerve compression.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueneuroma.html. Accessed on: 22 January 2014.
- ↑ Kitcat, M.; Hunter, JE.; Malata, CM. (2009). "Sciatic neuroma presenting forty years after above-knee amputation.". Open Orthop J 3: 125-7. doi:10.2174/1874325000903010125. PMID 20224738.
- ↑ Perry, Arie; Brat, Daniel J. (2010). Practical Surgical Neuropathology: A Diagnostic Approach: A Volume in the Pattern Recognition series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 238. ISBN 978-0443069826.
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