neurinoma (redirected from neurinomas)

neurinoma /neu·ri·no·ma/ (-no´mah) neurilemoma.

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neu·ri·no·ma (nr-nm)

n.

See neurilemoma.

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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.

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neurinoma (nyoo´rinō´m),

n See neurilemoma.

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neurinoma

neurilemmoma.

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Patient discussion about neurinomas.

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).