DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Tumours originating from the nerves or nerve sheaths.
ClassificationThis section has been translated automatically.
A distinction is made between:
- Tumours of the peripheral nerve sheaths:
- Neurom
- Traumatic neuroma (amputation neuroma)
- Palisade-forming encapsulated neuroma.
- neurofibroma:
- Diffuse neurofibroma
- Plexiform neurofibroma
- myxoid neurofibroma
- Ancient (bizarre) neurofibroma.
- Schwannoma (Neurinoma):
- Cellular schwannoma.
- Myxoid Schwannoma
- Plexiform Schwannoma
- Neurofibrosarcoma (malignant swanoma).
- Other:
- Cellular neurothecom
- Perineurioma (Pacini neurofibroma; tactile neurinoma)
- Granular cell tumor (Abrikosoff tumor)
- Malignant granular cell tumor
- Merkel cell carcinoma.
- Neural heterotopias:
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