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Cranial Nerve Neoplasms

Medical Definition: Benign and malignant neoplasms that arise from one or more of the twelve cranial nerves.
Guide Notes: coord IM with specific cranial nerve dis (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Also Called: Benign Cranial Nerve Neoplasms,Cranial Nerve Neoplasms, Malignant,Cranial Neuroma, Benign
Previously Indexed: Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms (1966-1977)
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Optic Nerve Neoplasms - Benign and malignant neoplasms that arise from the optic nerve or its sheath. OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA is the most common histologic type. Optic nerve neoplasms tend to cause unilateral visual loss and an afferent pupillary defect and may spread via neural pathways to the brain.

Cranial Nerve Neoplasms Medical Definitions and Terms

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