Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial > Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive > Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal > Neuroectodermal Tumors > Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial > Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive > Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue > Neuroectodermal Tumors > Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial > Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive > Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral

Preferred term

Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A group of highly cellular primitive round cell neoplasms which occur extracranially in soft tissue and bone and are derived from embryonal neural crest cells. These tumors occur primarily in children and adolescents and share a number of characteristics with EWING SARCOMA.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Extracranial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
  • Neuroectodermal Neoplasm, Peripheral Primitive
  • Neuroectodermal Tumor, Peripheral
  • Neuroectodermal Tumor, Peripheral Primitive
  • Neuroepithelioma, Peripheral
  • Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Neoplasm
  • Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
  • Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
  • (pPNET) Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
  • Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, Extracranial

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P4HK0NPK-5

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 6/25/93, last modified 5/27/20