Chapter 5 Tumors of Muscle and Nervous Tissue

Myoma

*BENIGN* Tumors of muscle tissue.

Neuroma

*BENIGN* Tumors of nerve cells.

Rhabdomyoma

*BENIGN* Tumors of voluntary or striated muscle tissue. Less common.

Leiomyoma

*BENIGN* Tumors that affect smooth or involuntary muscle such as the *uterus* or along the *alimentary canal*.

Glioma

*MALIGNANT* Tumors involving neuroglia.

Myosaroma

*MALIGNANT* Tumors of muscle tissue.

Rhabdomyosarcoma

*MALIGNANT* Tumors of voluntary or striated muscle tissue. Less common.

Leiomysarcoma

*MALIGNANT* Tumors that affect smooth or involuntary muscle such as the *uterus* or along the *alimentary canal*.