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If i'm going for a surgical removal of neurofibroma lump, is there any possibility of growing back that lump?

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Dr. Gregory Surfield answered

Specializes in Surgery - Plastics

Possibly: Neurofibromas are usually benign tumors of nerve tissue. Most of the time they are cured by excision.

Answered 5/3/2013

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