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Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasm
Definition 1
A benign or malignant neoplasm arising from a peripheral nerve or the perineural sheaths. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Neoplasms which arise from peripheral nerve tissue. This includes NEUROFIBROMAS; SCHWANNOMAS; GRANULAR CELL TUMORS; and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp1750-1) (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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