Fibrous tumor of nerve tissue.
tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve
a mass lesion of the peripheral nervous system
Abnormal overgrowth of nerve tissue to form a fleshy mass beneath skin
A tumor of the peripheral nerves due to an abnormal collection of fibrous and insulating cells.
pl. neurofibromata A tumour composed of nerve and fibrous tissue.
Demarcated or diffuse benign proliferation of perineural fibroblasts that are oriented in either a random pattern with a myxoid background or a nodular (plexiform) pattern.
A benign tumor of the nerve, blood vessel and fibrous tissue.
A benign tumor that develops from the cells and tissues that cover nerves.
Neurofibromas are moderately firm, usually benign, unencapsulated, slow-growing heterogeneous tumors of the nervous system arising from the supporting cells (Schwann cells) of peripheral nerves. In neurofibromatosis, neurofibromas are multiple.