Neurofibroma

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• Causes

  • Neurofibromatosis I
  • Gardener's syndrome

• Effects

  • Mechanical effect on eyelid
  • Subcutaneous nodule
  • Precocious puberty
  • Jugular foramen syndrome
  • Retro-orbital mass
  • Face lump
  • Hand nodule

• Parents

  • Benign neoplasm

• Description

  • "Origin: Nerve sheath - arise from Schwann cells and perineural fibroblasts) Arise from nerves in the skin or just under the skin Mobile in the transverse axis but not in the vertical axis "