Warning: The NCBI web site requires JavaScript to function. more...

Full Report

Format

Full Report
Summary (Text)
Summary (XML)

Send to:

Choose Destination

File
Clipboard
Collections

Mediastinal melanocytic neurilemmoma

MedGen UID:: 277352
•Concept ID:: C1334668
•: Neoplastic Process

Synonyms:	Mediastinal Melanocytic Neurilemmoma; mediastinal melanocytic neurilemmoma; Mediastinal Melanocytic Schwannoma; mediastinal melanocytic schwannoma; Mediastinal Melanotic Schwannoma; mediastinal melanotic schwannoma; Melanocytic Neurilemmoma of Mediastinum; melanocytic neurilemmoma of mediastinum; Melanocytic Neurilemmoma of the Mediastinum; melanocytic neurilemmoma of the mediastinum; Melanocytic Schwannoma of Mediastinum; melanocytic schwannoma of mediastinum; Melanocytic Schwannoma of the Mediastinum; melanocytic schwannoma of the mediastinum

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0003894

Definition

A melanotic schwannoma that affects the mediastinum. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVMediastinal melanocytic neurilemmoma

Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormal nervous system morphology
  - Neoplasm of the nervous system
    - Neoplasm of the peripheral nervous system
      - Nerve sheath neoplasm
        Melanotic neurilemmoma
        Mediastinal melanocytic neurilemmoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Thoracic neurolophomas.

Smith LH
Ann Thorac Surg 1977 Jun;23(6):586-92. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)63710-1. PMID: 194541

Diagnosis

Mediastinal tumors of peripheral nervous system origin.

Marchevsky AM
Semin Diagn Pathol 1999 Feb;16(1):65-78. PMID: 10355655

Prognosis

Giant malignant melanocytic schwannoma of the posterior mediastinum.

Virgilio E, Ciccone AM, Maurizi G, Vanni C, Ziparo V, Rendina EA
Am Surg 2013 Jan;79(1):E22-4. PMID: 23317594

Mediastinal tumors of peripheral nervous system origin.

Marchevsky AM
Semin Diagn Pathol 1999 Feb;16(1):65-78. PMID: 10355655

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

Clinical resources

ClinicalTrials.gov

Practice guidelines

Bookshelf
See practice and clinical guidelines in NCBI Bookshelf. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

Consumer resources

MedlinePlus

Reviews

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Mediastinal melanocytic neurilemmoma
Mediastinal melanocytic neurilemmoma

MedGen

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

See more...