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====Subtypes==== | ====Subtypes==== | ||
There are four:<ref name=pmid12792904>{{cite journal |author=Kurtkaya-Yapicier O, Scheithauer B, Woodruff JM |title=The pathobiologic spectrum of Schwannomas |journal=Histol. Histopathol. |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=925–34 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=12792904 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | There are four:<ref name=pmid12792904>{{cite journal |author=Kurtkaya-Yapicier O, Scheithauer B, Woodruff JM |title=The pathobiologic spectrum of Schwannomas |journal=Histol. Histopathol. |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=925–34 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=12792904 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
#Conventional. | #Conventional schwannoma. | ||
#*Most common. | #*Most common. | ||
#Cellular. | #Cellular schwannoma. | ||
#*May mimic [[MPNST]]. | #*May mimic [[MPNST]]. | ||
#Plexiform. | #Plexiform schwannoma. | ||
#*May mimic [[MPNST]] if cellular - esp. in childhood. | #*May mimic [[MPNST]] if cellular - esp. in childhood. | ||
#Melanotic. | #Melanotic schwannoma. | ||
#*May be confused with [[melanoma]]. | #*May be confused with [[melanoma]]. | ||
#*Psammomatous form (''psammomatous melanotic schwannoma'') associated with a heritable disorder ([[Carney complex]]). | #*Psammomatous form (''psammomatous melanotic schwannoma'') associated with a heritable disorder ([[Carney complex]]). | ||