Malignant Melanotic Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Mediastinum

Preferred Label : Malignant Melanotic Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Mediastinum;

NCIt synonyms : Malignant Melanocytic Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of Mediastinum; Mediastinal Melanocytic MPNST; Malignant Melanocytic Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Mediastinum; Malignant Mediastinal Melanocytic Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor;

NCIt definition : A rare variant of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor that arises from the mediastinum. It is characterized by the presence of malignant cells that contain melanin.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Details

Origin ID

C6630;

UMLS CUI

C1334600;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- malignant melanocytic peripheral nerve sheath tumor of mediastinum [DO Concept]
DO Cross reference
- malignant melanocytic peripheral nerve sheath tumor of mediastinum [DO Concept]
Disease excludes normal cell origin
- Epithelial Cell [NCIt concept]
Disease may have findings
- Aggressive Clinical Course [NCIt concept]
- Geographic Necrosis [NCIt concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Bone [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Mediastinum [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Respiratory System [NCIt concept]
- Thoracic Cavity [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- malignant melanocytic peripheral nerve sheath tumor of mediastinum [DO Concept]
disease_excludes_finding
- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Indolent Clinical Course [NCIt concept]
- Intermediate Filaments Present [NCIt concept]
- Intracytoplasmic Eosinophilic Inclusion [NCIt concept]
disease_excludes_normal_tissue_origin
- Epithelial Tissue [NCIt concept]
disease_has_abnormal_cell
- Hyperchromatic Spindle Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Neuroepithelial Cell and Neoplastic Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_finding
- Diffuse Pattern [NCIt concept]
- Firm Mass [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
- Melanosomes Present [NCIt concept]
- Necrotic Change [NCIt concept]
- Pseudoencapsulated Mass [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_cell_origin
- Neuron, Neuroepithelial Cell, and Supporting Cell of the Nervous System [NCIt concept]
- Perineural Cell [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue and Nerve Sheaths [NCIt concept]
- Nerve Tissue, Neuroepithelial Tissue, and Nerve Sheaths [NCIt concept]
- Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Mediastinum [NCIt concept]
- Peripheral Nerve [NCIt concept]
disease_may_have_associated_disease
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1 [NCIt concept]
disease_may_have_cytogenetic_abnormality
- Loss of Chromosome 22 [NCIt concept]
disease_may_have_molecular_abnormality
- PRKAR1A Gene Mutation [NCIt concept]
- TP53 Gene Inactivation [NCIt concept]

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