Neurofibroma (redirected from neurofibromata)

neurofibroma /neu·ro·fi·bro·ma/ (-fi-bro´mah) a tumor of peripheral nerves due to abnormal proliferation of Schwann cells.

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neu·ro·fi·bro·ma (nr-f-brm)

n.

A moderately firm, benign, nonencapsulated tumor that results from the disorderly proliferation of Schwann cells and that includes portions of nerve fibers. Also called fibroneuroma, schwannoma.

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Neurofibroma

A soft tumor usually located on a nerve.

Mentioned in: Neurofibromatosis

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neurofibroma (nyoo´rōfībrō´m),

n (neurogenic fibroma, perineural fibroblastoma), 1. a benign neoplasm characterized by the various cells of a peripheral nerve (axon cylinders, Schwann cells, fibroblasts).
n 2. a connective tissue tumor of the nerve fiber fasciculi. Formed by the proliferation of the perineurium and endoneurium. See also neurilemoma.

Neurofibroma.

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neurofibroma

a tumor of peripheral nerves due to abnormal proliferation of Schwann cells. In cattle neurofibromas appear as subcutaneous swellings. They seem to be transmitted from a cow to her calf. Called also fibroneuroma, schwannoma.