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 ==Schwannoma==
 {{Main|Schwannoma}}
-===General===
-*Tumour of tissue surrounding a nerve.
-**Axons adjacent to the tumour are normal... but may be compressed.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=pmid17893219>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Lubner M, Perrin RJ, Lämmle M, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: Antoni A and Antoni B tissue patterns |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=28 |issue=9 |pages=1633–8 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17893219 |doi=10.3174/ajnr.A0682 |url=http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/28/9/1633}}</ref>
-*Antoni A:
-**Cellular.
-**'Fibrillary, polar, elongated'.
-*Antoni B:
-**Pauci-cellular.
-**Loose microcystic tissue.
-*Verocay bodies - paucinuclear area surrounded by palisaded nuclei.
-*In the GI tract: classically have a ''peripheral lymphoid cuff''.<ref name=pmid15728600>{{cite journal |author=Levy AD, Quiles AM, Miettinen M, Sobin LH |title=Gastrointestinal schwannomas: CT features with clinicopathologic correlation |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=184 |issue=3 |pages=797–802 |year=2005 |month=March |pmid=15728600 |doi= |url=http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/184/3/797}}</ref>
-Images:
-*[http://www.pathguy.com/~lulo/lulo0003.htm Antoni A (pathguy.com)].
-*[http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/full/28/9/1633/F8 Antoni A & Antoni B side-by-side (ajnr.org)].
-Notes:
-*Several subtypes exist.
 ==Neurofibroma==