Optic neuroma: A slow-growing benign tumor of the optic nerve.

Optic gliomas are associated

with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), can lead to partial or complete loss of vision, painless
bulging of the eye, and headache, and are treated by surgical excision (removal) or, if too
extensive, by radiotherapy.

Neuroma
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Neuroma
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ICD-O: 9570/0
MeSH D009463
A neuroma ( /njurom/) is a growth or tumor of nerve tissue.
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(Neuro- is from the Greek fornerve,
whereas the suffix -oma denotes swelling.) Just as the Latin word for swelling (tumor) is now restricted
to neoplasias, the equivalent Greek suffix -oma has shared in that fate. Thus, the typical modern usage
of neuroma is for nerve tumors. However, many of the older, more general uses persist.
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[edit]Neoplastic neuromas
Neoplastic neuromas are tumors of nerves, although the term can also be applied more generally for a
tumor of nervous system tissue. They can be derived from a variety of the cell types that constitute nervous
tissue, including glial cells and neurons, and can be either benign ormalignant (i.e. cancerous). Many
mistakenly assume that the Greek stem neur in neuroma refers to neurons rather than to nerves. This is
not the case, and in fact, most instances of the word refer to non-neuronal tissue.
Neurinoma (Neurilemmoma) - a benign slow growing tumor of the neurolemma (myelin sheath) of a
nerve fibre.
Acoustic neuroma - a tumor of the acoustic nerve
Ganglioneuroma could be considered a type of neuroma, though it is not a nerve sheath tumor.
[edit]Non-neoplastic neuromas
In its most general sense, neuroma can be applied to any swelling of a nerve. Thus, there are a variety of
usages that don't refer to neoplastictumors.
Traumatic neuroma follows different forms of nerve injury (often as a result of surgery). They occur at
the end of injured nerve fibres as a form of ineffective, unregulated nerve regeneration; it occurs most
commonly near a scar, either superficially (skin, subcutaneous fat) or deep (e.g., after
a cholecystectomy). They are often very painful. It is also known as "pseudoneuroma".
Morton's neuroma (a mononeuropathy of the foot) is another example of the older, more general
usage of neuroma. Some prefer the term "Morton's metatarsalgia", thus avoiding the
term neuroma and its association with tumors.
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