Sentence examples for sheath tumour from inspiring English sources
It is in fact a form of nerve sheath tumour (Another view, 6 December, page 21, G2).
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour.
Open image in new window Fig. 13 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour with atypical features.
The malignant counterpart is the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST).
Predictably, the most common neoplasm of Meckel's cave is a trigeminal nerve sheath tumour, schwannoma and neurofibroma.
There is up to 5%% lifetime risk of malignant transformation of neurofibroma to malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST)—previously known as neurofibrosarcoma (Fig. 13d) [30].
Neurofibromatosis should be considered in cases of multiple nerve sheath tumours and dural ectasia (Fig. 10).
Nerve sheath tumours may be isolated or syndromic, in phacomatoses such as neurofibromatosis (Fig. 9).
Differential diagnoses to consider apart from meningiomas and nerve sheath tumours include lymphoma, sarcoidosis and rare tumours such as haemangioendothelioma.
Neurofibromas are common benign peripheral nerve sheath tumours, occurring in isolation or in relation to neurofibromatosis type 1.
Differential diagnosis from soft tissue and nerve sheath tumours with myxomatous or cystic degeneration may be required (Fig. 2).
