Nerve sheath tumor

Classification according to ICD-10
D36	Benign neoplasm in other and unspecified locations
D36.1	Peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
C76	Malignant neoplasm in other and imprecisely designated locations
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Nerve sheath tumors are tumors that presumably originate from cells in the medullary sheaths and soft tissues surrounding the nerves . The most common benign nerve sheath tumor is the neurinoma . Neurofibromas , perineuriomas, and nerve sheath myxomas are less common . A malignant nerve sheath tumor is the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST).

Nerve sheath tumors can occur sporadically or (more rarely) in connection with genetic diseases such as neurofibromatosis type 1 , neurofibromatosis type 2 , familial schwannomatosis and the Carney complex .

literature

• WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System. (Eds. Cavenee, Louis, Ohgaki & Wiestler) Lyon, IARC Press, 2007, ISBN 9283224302

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