Case Report: Surgical Decompression With Subsequent Selumetinib Treatment Leads to Drastic Clinical Improvement in a Patient With a Large Spinal Plexiform Neurofibroma
A combination of decompression surgery and selumetinib therapy provides a promising option for the management of spinal plexiform neurofibromas causing severe neurological deficits.
Authors
- Lan Kluwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9919-4551)
- Catena Kresbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6004-7332)
- Lennart Well (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2491-1346)
- Said Farschtschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-5932)
- Reinhard E. Friedrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-9636)
- Florian Brembach
- Malte Mohme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-9092)
- Thomas Härtung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1359-7689)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anticancer Research
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17385
- Primary Topic
- Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00