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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.
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- (pPNET) Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
- Extracranial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
- Neuroectodermal Neoplasm, Peripheral Primitive
- Neuroectodermal Tumor, Peripheral
- Neuroectodermal Tumor, Peripheral Primitive
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
- Neuroepithelioma, Peripheral
- Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Neoplasm
- Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor
- Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
- Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, Extracranial
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Peripheral
- Neuroepitheliomas, Peripheral
- Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumor
- Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors
- Peripheral Neuroepithelioma
- Peripheral Neuroepitheliomas
- Tumor, Peripheral Neuroectodermal
- Tumors, Peripheral Neuroectodermal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)
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2000(1994)
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- Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal (1984-1993)
- Neuroblastoma (1985-1989)
- Neuroepithelioma (1975-1989)
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- National Library of Medicine. Primitive Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018241. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018241
- Primitive Peripheral Neuroectodermal Tumors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56014124