Neuroma
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Neuroma is a benign non-neoplastic growth of nervous tissue composed of nerve fibres and Schwann cells.[1]
Not otherwise specified, it usually refers to traumatic neuroma.
Other types neuromas:
- Acoustic neuroma - this is misnonmer; it is actually a Schwannoma.
- Palisaded encapsulated neuroma.
- Morton neuroma (plantar interdigital neuroma) - lesion in the foot, due to chronic nerve compression.[2]
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissueneuroma.html. Accessed on: 22 January 2014.
- ↑ 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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