A large neurofibroma growing on a man's hand. A neurofibroma is a benign tumour which grows from the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve. They are normally symptomless,except when they develop from the sheath of a nerve root,when pain and compression of the spinal cord may occur. Numerous,widespread neurofibromas occur in a congenital disese known as neurofibromatosis or von Recklinghausen's disease | |
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