| 41. | Sensory loss, scarring and neuroma formation can cause morbidity to the donor site of the patient the nerve is harvested from.
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| 42. | The white spot, her specialist told her, was a tumor pressing on her brain; it was called an acoustic neuroma.
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| 43. | NEUROMA : A pinched nerve between the toes that causes pain, numbness and a burning sensation in the ball of the foot.
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| 44. | In 1992, Torn was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, in his case, a life-threatening form of brain tumor.
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| 45. | Dilute alcohol ( 4 % ) is injected directly into the area of the neuroma, causing toxicity to the fibrous nerve tissue.
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| 46. | This results in degeneration of the intracellular elements, axons, and myelin sheath ( which houses the neuroma ) with wallerian degeneration.
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| 47. | Singer / songwriter and member of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, was affected by Morton's neuroma and underwent surgery for it.
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| 48. | RFA is also used in the treatment of Morton's neuroma where the outcome appears to be more reliable than alcohol injections.
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| 49. | In 1835 Civinini provided the first description of a neuroma that causes a painful foot condition known today as Morton's metatarsalgia.
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| 50. | _Neuromas, enlarged, benign growths of nerves, usually between the third and fourth toes, caused by bones rubbing against nerves.
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