Tumors of the Peripheral Nervous System

Tumors of the peripheral nervous system come in different histopathologies. The current WHO classification includes neurofibromas, invasive growing plexiform neurofibromas, schwannomas, cellular schwannomas, perineuromas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. They are frequent tumors and occur spontaneously as well as hereditary, i. e., as part of hereditary tumor diseases. Neurofibromas, invasive growing plexiform neurofibromas and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are part of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Schwannomas, and cellular schwannomas are part of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). NF1 and…