Definition of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

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malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor -- MPNST. A type of soft tissue sarcoma that develops in cells that form a protective sheath (covering) around peripheral nerves, which are nerves that are outside of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).


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