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Medical Definition of Neuroma telangiectodes
1. A neurofibroma with a conspicuous number of blood vessels, some of which have unusually large lumens (in proportion to the thickness of the walls). Traumatic neuroma, the non-neoplastic proliferative mass of Schwann cells and neurites that may develop at the proximal end of a severed or injured nerve. Synonym: amputation neuroma, false neuroma, pseudoneuroma. Verneuil's neuroma, a nodular enlargement of the cutaneous nerves. (05 Mar 2000)