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Traumatic neuroma

MedGen UID:
102370
•Concept ID:
C0161823
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Pathologic Function
Synonym: Traumatic Neuroma
SNOMED CT: Traumatic neuroma (63561003); Traumatic neuroma (230650009)

Definition

A non-neoplastic lesion that occurs in response to injury, including previous surgery. [from SNOMEDCT_US]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of intra-abdominal traumatic neuromas - a narrative review.
Wang Y, Yang S, Li B, Shuai C, Xiong X, Lu J
BMC Gastroenterol 2023 Nov 28;23(1):416. doi: 10.1186/s12876-023-03049-y. PMID: 38017468Free PMC Article
Traumatic peripheral nerve injuries: diagnosis and management.
Barnes SL, Miller TA, Simon NG
Curr Opin Neurol 2022 Dec 1;35(6):718-727. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000001116. PMID: 36367041
Computed tomography complements ultrasound for the differential diagnosis of traumatic neuroma from recurrent tumor in patients with postoperative thyroid cancer.
Lee JY, Kim JH, Yeon EK, Hwang I, Yoo RE, Kang KM, Yun TJ, Choi SH, Sohn CH
Eur Radiol 2022 Apr;32(4):2760-2768. Epub 2021 Oct 19 doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08321-x. PMID: 34665316

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of intra-abdominal traumatic neuromas - a narrative review.
Wang Y, Yang S, Li B, Shuai C, Xiong X, Lu J
BMC Gastroenterol 2023 Nov 28;23(1):416. doi: 10.1186/s12876-023-03049-y. PMID: 38017468Free PMC Article
Suprainguinal Re-Resection of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve in Persistence or Recurrence of Meralgia Paresthetica After Previous Transection: Results of a Case Series.
de Ruiter GCW, Clahsen PC, Oosterhuis JWA
World Neurosurg 2021 Nov;155:e830-e835. Epub 2021 Sep 11 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.022. PMID: 34520865
Ultrasound in diagnosis of retroperitoneal femoral nerve injury: a case report.
Huang Y, Zhu J, Liu F
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2013 Feb;66(2):e50-2. Epub 2012 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.11.023. PMID: 23245915
An audit of parotidectomy in Singapore: a review of 31 cases.
Hwang SY, Brett RH
Med J Malaysia 2003 Jun;58(2):273-8. PMID: 14569749
Neurostimulation in the modulation of intractable paraplegic and traumatic neuroma pains.
Richardson RR, Meyer PR, Cerullo LJ
Pain 1980 Feb;8(1):75-84. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(80)90091-3. PMID: 6966047

Diagnosis

Epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of intra-abdominal traumatic neuromas - a narrative review.
Wang Y, Yang S, Li B, Shuai C, Xiong X, Lu J
BMC Gastroenterol 2023 Nov 28;23(1):416. doi: 10.1186/s12876-023-03049-y. PMID: 38017468Free PMC Article
Multifocal Traumatic Neuroma of the Orbit.
Langer PD, Deleon AB, Liu JK
Ophthalmology 2021 Dec;128(12):1721. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.04.012. PMID: 34802635
Tumors and tumor-like lesions of peripheral nerves.
Woertler K
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2010 Nov;14(5):547-58. Epub 2010 Nov 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1268073. PMID: 21072731
Management of neuromas.
Vernadakis AJ, Koch H, Mackinnon SE
Clin Plast Surg 2003 Apr;30(2):247-68, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0094-1298(02)00104-9. PMID: 12737355
Sonographic appearances of nerve tumors.
Beggs I
J Clin Ultrasound 1999 Sep;27(7):363-8. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199909)27:7<363::aid-jcu1>3.0.co;2-7. PMID: 10440783

Therapy

Asymptomatic traumatic neuroma after neck dissection in a patient with thyroid cancer.
Zhu L, Zhang Y, Zhou G, Meng Z
Endokrynol Pol 2022;73(5):907-908. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.5603/EP.a2022.0065. PMID: 35971936
Jaundice 8years after left hemi-hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Yang SS, Wu X, Lu J, Cheng NS
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2020 Oct;44(5):622-624. Epub 2019 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2019.11.009. PMID: 31884001
Post-traumatic neuroma of the breast in a 52-year-old female with a remote history of breast augmentation and explantation.
Erian MF, Cho P, Robinson A, Nguyen Q, Kamaluddin Z, Sadruddin S
Breast J 2019 May;25(3):493-494. Epub 2019 Apr 16 doi: 10.1111/tbj.13262. PMID: 30990244
Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: traumatic neuroma of the ampulla of Vater.
Cheng Y, Jia Q, Xiong X, He D, Cheng NS
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014;29(7):1342. doi: 10.1111/jgh.12625. PMID: 25040619
Traumatic neuroma subsequent to endodontic therapy.
Siegel MA, Van Hassel HJ
J Endod 1985 Apr;11(4):179-80. doi: 10.1016/S0099-2399(85)80143-6. PMID: 3858410

Prognosis

Suprainguinal Re-Resection of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve in Persistence or Recurrence of Meralgia Paresthetica After Previous Transection: Results of a Case Series.
de Ruiter GCW, Clahsen PC, Oosterhuis JWA
World Neurosurg 2021 Nov;155:e830-e835. Epub 2021 Sep 11 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.022. PMID: 34520865
Neurocap Use for the Treatment of Iatrogenic Neuropathic Pain: Preliminary Operative Results in 3 Patients.
de Ru JA, M Thomeer HGX, Tijink BM, van Doormaal TPC
Ear Nose Throat J 2021 Sep;100(5_suppl):830S-834S. Epub 2020 Mar 19 doi: 10.1177/0145561320912048. PMID: 32192381
Ultrasound in diagnosis of retroperitoneal femoral nerve injury: a case report.
Huang Y, Zhu J, Liu F
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2013 Feb;66(2):e50-2. Epub 2012 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.11.023. PMID: 23245915
Traumatic neuroma of mental nerve following chin augmentation.
Deng W, Chen SL, Huang DY
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2009 Dec;38(12):1324-6. Epub 2009 Jul 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.06.020. PMID: 19643576
An anatomic basis for recurrence after Morton's neuroma excision.
Amis JA, Siverhus SW, Liwnicz BH
Foot Ankle 1992 Mar-Apr;13(3):153-6. doi: 10.1177/107110079201300307. PMID: 1601343

Clinical prediction guides

Traumatic Neuroma After Hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy: A Rare Cause of Post Hysterectomy Pelvic Pain.
Nama V, Patel A, Pawade J, Murdoch J
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2016 Nov-Dec;23(7):1189-1190. Epub 2016 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.07.006. PMID: 27423258
Ultrasound in diagnosis of retroperitoneal femoral nerve injury: a case report.
Huang Y, Zhu J, Liu F
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2013 Feb;66(2):e50-2. Epub 2012 Dec 12 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.11.023. PMID: 23245915
Supraorbital nerve neuroma caused by blind curettage of an infected epidermal cyst.
Lim H, Lee IJ, Pae NS, Park MC
J Craniofac Surg 2009 Nov;20(6):2243-5. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181bf85bc. PMID: 19934682
Autoimmune acrosyringitis with ductal cysts: reclassification of case of eruptive syringoma.
Chandler WM, Bosenberg MW
J Cutan Pathol 2009 Dec;36(12):1312-5. Epub 2009 Jun 11 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01277.x. PMID: 19522848
Management of neuromas.
Vernadakis AJ, Koch H, Mackinnon SE
Clin Plast Surg 2003 Apr;30(2):247-68, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0094-1298(02)00104-9. PMID: 12737355

Recent systematic reviews

For Whom the Bell's Toll: Recurrent Facial Nerve Paralysis, A Retrospective Study and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Chweya CM, Anzalone CL, Driscoll CLW, Lane JI, Carlson ML
Otol Neurotol 2019 Apr;40(4):517-528. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002167. PMID: 30870370

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