Avoidance of surgery for head and neck infantile myofibromatosis using imatinib monotherapy

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Describe a novel use for a kinase inhibitor, imatinib, in young children with a known activated somatic mutation in PDGFR-beta. Two patients with infantile myofibromatosis treated with imatinib. Case description of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment decisions for infantile myfibromatosis of the head and neck. Description of medical therapy for infantile myofibromatosis in these patients. For function threatening myofibromas of a known genotype, in infants, targeted medical therapy is a treatment option.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Clinical case reports - 10(2022), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite e05382

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pattisapu, Prasanth [VerfasserIn]
Wenger, Tara L [VerfasserIn]
Dahl, John P [VerfasserIn]
Bly, Randall A [VerfasserIn]
Bonilla-Velez, Juliana [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Hall, Anurekha [VerfasserIn]
Rudzinski, Erin R [VerfasserIn]
Perkins, Jonathan A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Imatinib
Infantile myofibromatosis
PDGFRB
Precision medicine

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Date Revised 05.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ccr3.5382

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336868421