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nervous system benign neoplasm

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0000648


Abnormal growth of cells in the nervous system without evidence of malignant characteristics. Unlike other organ systems, tumors in the central nervous system can have benign histological characteristics but still have life threatening effects due to their location within the neuraxis (e.g., brainstem gliomas). [ NCIT:P378 ]

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database cross reference
  • NCIT:C4789 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
  • ICD9:225.8 (MONDO:relatedTo)
  • SCTID:92247009 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD9:225.9 (MONDO:i2s)
  • UMLS:C0497550 (NCIT:C4789)
  • DOID:0060115 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
definition

Abnormal growth of cells in the nervous system without evidence of malignant characteristics. Unlike other organ systems, tumors in the central nervous system can have benign histological characteristics but still have life threatening effects due to their location within the neuraxis (e.g., brainstem gliomas).

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0060115, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C4789, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0497550, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/92247009

has exact synonym

benign nervous system neoplasm, benign neoplasm of nervous system, nervous system benign neoplasm, benign neoplasm of the nervous system, nervous system neoplasm, benign, benign tumor of the nervous system, benign nervous system tumor, benign tumor of nervous system

id

MONDO:0000648

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