A tumor of a peripheral nerve sheath (neurilemma); called also schwannoma. Occur as small subcutaneous tumors on the head of goldfish.
Neurilemmoma
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Meaning #1:
tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve
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A neurilemmoma (or neurinoma) is a neurilemma tumor.[1]
It is usually benign but sometimes cancerous, which forms on the myelinous sheath of a nerve. Neurinomas commonly affect the ear, where they are called acoustic neuromas; however, they can afflict any nerve.
Neurinomas cannot usually be removed from the nerve as they are developed within the nerve unlike the Schwannoma which develops on the nerve.
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