Talk:Nerve sheath tumor

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Are these only found in the peripheral nervous system ?--Iztwoz (talk) 13:06, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

They appear to be found in the spine as well, which would increase their domain to the central and peripheral nervous system. WRabbit52 (talk) 07:44, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Dec 2024 UCSF SOM MS1 Mini Inquiry Course

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 December 2024 and 20 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): WRabbit52 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by WRabbit52 (talk) 10:05, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

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Hi,

I plan on contributing to the nerve sheath tumor article. Some of the existing citations led to broken links, so I will fix those first. I will expand on the nerve sheath tumor classification to include details on spinal nerve sheath tumors, which are currently missing. The peripheral nerve tumors seem to be well described in the respective malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and peripheral nerve tumor pages, so I will just briefly mention them. The spinal tumors article mentions central nervous system nerve sheath tumors briefly. The schwannoma and neurofibroma articles are detailed, so I will make reference to them and talk about these more broadly. Please let me know if you have any thoughts on other things I should add.

Work plan: 12/10: Find an article to edit. 12/12: Add some discussion of spinal nerve sheath tumors to the page, since primary focus is only on peripheral tumors. 12/16: Work on Diagnostics and Management/treatment of spinal nerve sheath tumors. 12/17: Finish working on spinal nerve sheath tumor sections. 12/18: Make peer review edits and add sections on peripheral nerve sheath tumors.

WRabbit52 (talk) 07:53, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello @WRabbit52,

Great job on the edits! I see that you did a good job on following your work plan to replace broken links and expand on classifications. The lead section is clear, the structure is well organized, and we do a broad and neutral coverage over other topics. I'm looking forward to potentially more over-arching references and continuation on the newer sections!

I did want to make a few short suggestions:

- "A nerve sheath tumor is a type of tumor" --> could be shortened down to " is a tumor"

- The heading of "Classification of nerve sheath tumors" could be potentially shortened to "Classification"

- "Spinal nerve sheath tumors are typically intradural, meaning that they arise inside the dura mater surrounding the spinal cord (thecal sac), but may also be found in other areas of the spine." This feels a bit wordy and I think you can find a different way to simplify --> link to the word intradural, cutting down on the words. (You did a good job with this type of example in the first sentence of the next paragraph)

- The section of Peripheral nerve sheath tumors does require more citations

- " A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor is a cancerous peripheral nerve sheath tumor, which are frequently resistant to conventional treatments." This sounds a bit of a reiteration of the meaning of malignant? Maybe we can expand upon this.

- Good start on the symptoms! Can't wait to see what will be added.

- In the mechanism section, "The primary Schwann cell differentiation and neoplastic proliferations are characteristics of peripheral nerve sheath tumors". Since most of your readers still haven't encountered some of these terms like primary Schwann cell, maybe consider rearrangement of sentences or linkage.

- Citation of "CD34 immunoreactivity in nervous system tumors", "Value of S-100 protein in the diagnosis of soft tissue tumors with particular reference to benign and malignant Schwann cell tumors", and "CD-34 Is Expressed by a Distinctive Cell Population in Peripheral Nerve, Nerve Sheath Tumors, and Related Lesions" may not be appropriate due to it not being a broad enough overview of the topic (unless there were no other sources)

- Good start on the Diagnosis section! It seems that you're working towards diagnoses for both categories of nerve sheath tumors.

- Second sentence in the diagnosis section may be a bit long, might recommend spitting it.

- You have a very well developed section for Management!

- I would love to see more sources for the Management section as well

I appreciated the linkage of the article to several other articles in case readers may have wanted more information as well.

Eonica (talk) 22:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC)