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Benign Triton tumor is a neoplasm classified among nerve sheath tumors. It is also known as neuromuscular choristoma, neuromuscular hamartoma, and nerve rhabdomyoma.
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Choristoma is a form of heterotopia (normal tissue found in abnormal locations) and is not a neoplasm (unlike tumors, the growth of a choristoma is normally regulated). Choristoma differs from hamartoma: while the former consisits of normal tissue growing in an abnormal location (e.g., gastric mucosa located in a Meckel diverticulum of the distal ileum), the latter is a disorganized (but non neoplastic) overgrowth of tissues in their normal location (e.g., Peutz-Jeghers polyps in the intestine).
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Mocellin, S. (2021). Benign Triton Tumor. In: Soft Tissue Tumors . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58710-9_36
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