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Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms > Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Neoplasms > Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms > Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Nervous System Neoplasms > Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms > Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue > Nerve Sheath Neoplasms

Preferred term

Nerve Sheath Neoplasms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Neoplasms, Nerve Sheath
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasm
  • Nerve Sheath Tumor
  • Nerve Sheath Tumors
  • Sheath Tumor, Nerve
  • Sheath Tumors, Nerve
  • Tumor, Nerve Sheath
  • Tumors, Nerve Sheath
  • Tumors of the Nerve Sheath

Note

  • neoplasms composed of myelin sheaths, NOT neoplasms located in myelin sheaths: coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2006 (1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018317

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