Mesh term Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
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Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Neuroblastoma
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