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.