ganglioneuroma /gan·glio·neu·ro·ma/ (gang″gle-o-ndbobr-ro´mah) a benign neoplasm composed of nerve fibers and mature ganglion cells.
Ganglioneuroma
ganglioneuroma
gan·gli·o·neu·ro·ma (g ng gl - -n -r m )n. A benign neoplasm composed of mature ganglionic neurons scattered singly or in clumps within a relatively abundant and dense stroma of neurofibrils and collagenous fibers. Also called gangliocytoma, ganglioma, neurocytoma. |
Ganglioneuroma
A ganglioneuroma is a tumor composed of mature nerve cells.
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ganglioneuroma
a rare benign neoplasm composed of nerve fibers and ganglion and Schwann cells. Generally, these occur in dogs, intracranially in the brain or cranial nerve ganglia, or rarely in the adrenal medulla or autonomic ganglia. See also neuroblastoma.
ganglioneuroma
Neurology A benign, embryologically differentiated tumor of the sympathetic nervous system, associated with well-differentiated neurofibromatous elements. Cf Neuroblastoma.
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