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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
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Descriptor Spanish:
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neoplasias de las vainas nerviosas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Neoplasias da Bainha Neural
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Synonyms English:
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Neoplasm, Nerve Sheath
Neoplasms, Nerve Sheath
Nerve Sheath Neoplasm
Nerve Sheath Tumors
Nerve Sheath Tumors, Peripheral
Perineurioma
Perineuriomas
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Tumors of the Nerve Sheath
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Tree Number:
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C04.557.580.600
C10.551.775.500
C10.668.829.725.500
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Definition English:
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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. |
Indexing Annotation English:
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neoplasms composed of myelin sheaths, NOT neoplasms located in myelin sheaths: coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)
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History Note English:
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2006 (1994)
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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31261
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Unique Identifier:
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D018317
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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