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neurilemmoma

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neurilemmoma.
See schwannoma.
neurilemmoma
a tumor of a peripheral nerve sheath (neurilemma); called also schwannoma. Occur as small subcutaneous tumors on the head of goldfish.
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Q. Anybody familiar with schwannoma?

A. Well, not personally, but generallly it's a tumor of the envelopes of the nerves. You can start with reading about it here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwannoma) and about the more commomn type, the one that affects the nerves of hearing and the face, you can read here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_neuroma).

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