Neuroma

(nu-ro' -malt). A tumor of or on a nerve. Most neuromata are really fibromata. N., Amputation, the neuroma of a stump, forming at the end of a divided nerve. N., A myelinic, a neuroma made up of non medullated nerve-fibers. N., Cellular. Ganglionic. N. cutis, a tumor of the skin, resembling a myoma, and consisting mainly of firm connective ti ue, originating from the neurilemma. It is pathologically considered as a jibro-neuro-myoma. N., Diffuse, a condition characterized by the existence of multiple neuromatous tumors. N., False, a fibromatous tumor forming on a nerve. N., Ganglionic, N., Ganglionated, a neuroma made up of nerve-cells. N., Gliomatous. Synonym of Neuroglioma. N., Medullated, one made up of medullated nerve-fibers. N., Myelinic. Synonym of N, Medullated. N., Myxomatous, atumor composed of nervous and myxomatous ti ues. N., Peripheral, N., Peripheric, one formed near the peripheral termination of a nerve. N., Plexiform, the development of multiple fibromatous tumors along the course of one or more nerves. There is in these cases, however, some hyperplasia of the nerve-fibers, constituting a true neuroma.