A benign or malignant neoplasm arising from the perineural cells in the sheaths surrounding the nerves. Representative examples include neurofibroma, schwannoma, and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. [ NCIT:C4972 ]
Synonyms: peripheral nerve sheath neoplasm nerve sheath neoplasm nerve sheath tumor tumour of nerve sheath tumor of nerve sheath nerve sheath tumour neoplasm of nerve sheath neoplasm of the nerve sheath
Term information
- UMLS:C0206727 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:3193 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:64639 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D018317 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C4972 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ONCOTREE:NST (MONDO:equivalentTo)
gard_rare, otar, rare
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D018317
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C4972
http://identifiers.org/medgen/64639
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_3193
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0206727