Definition of Neurosarcoma

1. Noun. A malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue.

Exact synonyms: Malignant Neuroma
Generic synonyms: Sarcoma

Definition of Neurosarcoma

1. Noun. A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Neurosarcoma

1. A sarcoma with neuromatous elements; includes neurofibrosarcoma, neurogenic sarcoma, and malignant schwannoma. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neurosarcoma

neuroradiologist
neuroradiologists
neuroradiology
neuroreceptor
neuroregeneration
neurorehabilitation
neurorelapse
neuroreparative
neurorescue
neuroretinitis
neurorrhaphy
neurosal
neurosarcocleisis
neurosarcoid
neurosarcoidosis
neurosarcoma (current term)
neurosarcomas
neurosarcomata
neuroschwannoma
neuroscience
neurosciences
neuroscientific
neuroscientifically
neuroscientist
neuroscientists
neurosecretion
neurosecretions
neurosecretory
neurosecretory cell
neurosecretory cells

Literary usage of Neurosarcoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Structure of a malignant neurosarcoma. The structure is usually that of simple neurofibroma, but some very cellular growths approach the type of ..."

2. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1892)
"Wyeth had an interesting case of neurosarcoma of the left supra-clavicular region; six weeks before, the patient noticed a swelling, that grew with great ..."

3. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"neurosarcoma is a discouraging condition. A given area may be destroyed but recurrence may take place elsewhere along the course of the nerves—not ..."

4. A Manual of pathology by Joseph Coats (1883)
"... to which some would add, myosarcoma and neurosarcoma, if muscle and nerve are regarded as connective tissues, ..."

5. A Manual of Pathology by Guthrie McConnell (1920)
"neurosarcoma = nerves present. TUMORS OF ADULT CONNECTIVE TISSUE Fibroma is a tumor of fibrous connective tissue. ..."

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