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==Overview==
==Overview==
Schwannoma may be classified according to pathology into 4 subtypes: conventional schwannoma, cellular schwannoma, plexiform schwannoma, and melanotic schwannoma.<ref name="pmid12792904">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kurtkaya-Yapicier O, Scheithauer B, Woodruff JM |title=The pathobiologic spectrum of Schwannomas |journal=[[Histology and Histopathology]] |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=925–34 |year=2003 |pmid=12792904 |doi= |url=http://www.hh.um.es/Abstracts/Vol_18/18_3/18_3_925.htm |issn= |accessdate=2015-11-18}}</ref>
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==Classification==
'''Pathology'''
* Conventional schwannoma<ref name="pmid12792904">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kurtkaya-Yapicier O, Scheithauer B, Woodruff JM |title=The pathobiologic spectrum of Schwannomas |journal=[[Histology and Histopathology]] |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=925–34 |year=2003 |pmid=12792904 |doi= |url=http://www.hh.um.es/Abstracts/Vol_18/18_3/18_3_925.htm |issn= |accessdate=2015-11-18}}</ref>
* Cellular schwannoma
* Plexiform schwannoma
* Melanotic schwannoma
 
'''Location'''
* Intracranial schwannoma:<ref>Schwannoma. Dr Tim Luijkx and Dr Sara Wein et al. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/schwannoma</ref>
:* [[Acoustic neuroma]] (most common)
:* Trigeminal schwannoma
:* Facial nerve schwannoma
:* Jugular foramen schwannoma
:* Hypoglossal schwannomas
* Spinal schwannoma
* Intercostal nerve schwannoma
* Intramuscular schwannoma
* Posterior mediastinum schwannoma
* Retroperitoneum schwannoma
* Intracerebral schwannoma


==References==
==References==

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