Facial Nerve Schwannoma

Preferred Label : Facial Nerve Schwannoma;

NCIt synonyms : Schwannoma of the Facial Nerve; Neurilemmoma of the Seventh Cranial Nerve; Facial Nerve Neurilemmoma; Schwannoma of the Seventh Cranial Nerve;

NCIt definition : A benign, usually encapsulated slow growing neoplasm that is composed of Schwann cells and affects the facial nerve.;

Neoplastic status : Benign;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1793116;

Details

Origin ID

C188213;

UMLS CUI

C5707667;

Disease excludes abnormal cell
- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Encapsulated Mass [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Cranial Nerve [NCIt concept]
- Facial Nerve [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
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- Cellosaurus Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
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- Aggressive Clinical Course [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Necrotic Change [NCIt concept]
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- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Neuroepithelial Cell and Neoplastic Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Schwann Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Antoni A Pattern [NCIt concept]
- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Thick-Walled Hyalinized Vessels Present [NCIt concept]
disease_has_grade
- Grade 1 [NCIt concept]
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- Loss of Merlin Expression [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- Neuron, Neuroepithelial Cell, and Supporting Cell of the Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
- Schwann Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Nerve Tissue and Nerve Sheaths [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue, Neuroepithelial Tissue, and Nerve Sheaths [NCIt concept]
- Sheath of Schwann [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Facial Nerve [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
disease_mapped_to_gene
- NF2 Gene [NCIt concept]
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- Loss of Chromosome 22q [NCIt concept]
disease_may_have_molecular_abnormality
- NF2 Gene Inactivation [NCIt concept]

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