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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:  
BS blood supply BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced
CH chemistry CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SC secondary
SE secretion SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UL ultrastructure UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   31261 
Unique Identifier:   D018317 

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