Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
Neoplasms which arise from nerve sheaths formed by SCHWANN CELLS in the PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM or by OLIGODENDROCYTES in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, NEUROFIBROMA, and NEURILEMMOMA are relatively common tumors in this category.
Year introduced: 2006 (1994)
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Tree Number(s): C04.557.580.600, C10.551.775.500, C10.668.829.725.500
MeSH Unique ID: D018317
Entry Terms:
- Neoplasm, Nerve Sheath
- Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Sheath Tumor, Nerve
- Sheath Tumors, Nerve
- Tumor, Nerve Sheath
- Tumors, Nerve Sheath
- Nerve Sheath Neoplasm
- Neoplasms, Nerve Sheath
- Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Tumors of the Nerve Sheath
- Perineurioma
- Perineuriomas
- Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Nerve Sheath Tumors, Peripheral