Nerve sheath tumor

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Nerve sheath tumor Classification and external resources
ICD-O:	9540-9570[1]
MeSH	D018317

A Nerve sheath tumor is a class of tumors of the nervous system which are primarily comprised of the myelin surrounding nerves.

Examples include schwannoma and neurofibroma.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://ccrcal.org/PDF/CNSICD-O-3Codes.pdf
2. ^ Spinal Cord Tumors -- Nerve Sheath Tumors (Schwannomas and Neurofibromas). Retrieved on 2007-08-06.

v • d • e Nervous tissue tumors (ICD-O 9350-9589) Miscellaneous tumors (9350-9379) Craniopharyngioma - Pinealoma Glioma (9380-9489) Gliomatosis cerebri - Oligoastrocytoma - Choroid plexus papilloma - Ependymoma - Astrocytoma (Pilocytic astrocytoma, Glioblastoma multiforme) - Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour - Oligodendroglioma - Medulloblastoma - Primitive neuroectodermal tumor Neuroepitheliomatous (9490-9529) Ganglioneuroma - Neuroblastoma - Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor - Retinoblastoma - Esthesioneuroblastoma Meningiomas (9530-9539) Meningioma Nerve sheath tumor (9540-9579) Neurofibroma (Neurofibrosarcoma, Neurofibromatosis) - Schwannoma - Neurinoma - Acoustic neuroma - Neuroma see also brain tumors (though not all brain tumors are of nervous tissue)