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Descriptor English:   Nerve Sheath Neoplasms 
Descriptor Spanish:   Neoplasias de la Vaina del Nervio 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Neoplasias da Bainha Neural 
Synonyms English:   Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Perineurioma
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors  
Tree Number:   C04.557.580.600
C10.551.775.500
C10.668.829.725.500
Definition English:   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:   neoplasms composed of myelin sheaths, NOT neoplasms located in myelin sheaths: coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)
History Note English:   2006 (1994) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood blood supply
cerebrospinal fluid chemistry
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy secondary
secretion surgery
therapy ultrastructure
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   31261 
Unique Identifier:   D018317 

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