Nerve Sheath Neoplasms (definition)

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Nerve Sheath Neoplasms

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Definition: 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.

neoplasms composed of myelin sheaths, NOT neoplasms located in myelin sheaths: coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)
Examples Neurilemmoma; Neurofibroma; Neurofibrosarcoma; Neuroma; Neurothekeoma

Other names Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors; Perineurioma; Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors; MPNST; Perineuriomas; Nerve Sheath Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Nerve Sheath; Tumors of the Nerve Sheath; Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors, Malignant; Nerve Sheath Tumors, Peripheral; Nerve Sheath Tumors; Neoplasms, Nerve Sheath; MPNSTs

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