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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.
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Neoplasms, Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Nerve Sheath Perineurioma Nerve Sheath Neoplasm Perineuriomas Nerve Sheath Tumors, Peripheral Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors Nerve Sheath Tumors Neoplasm, Nerve Sheath
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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.
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