neurinoma /neu·ri·no·ma/ (-no´mah) neurilemoma.
neurinoma
neurilemoma [noor″ĭ-lĕ-mo´mah]
neurinoma (nyoo´rinō´m
),
Patient discussion about neurinoma.
neu·ri·no·ma (n r  -n  m)n. See neurilemoma. |
neurinoma
[noo͡r′inō′mə] pl. neurinomas, neurinomata
Etymology: Gk, neuron + oma, tumor
1 a tumor of the nerve sheath. It is usually benign but may undergo malignant change. A kind of neurinoma is acoustic neurinoma. See also schwannoma.
2 a neuroma.
neurilemoma [noor″ĭ-lĕ-mo´mah]
neurinoma (nyoo´rinō´m
),n See neurilemoma.
neurinoma
neurilemmoma.
Patient discussion about neurinoma.
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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