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ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports2020

Primary recurrent orbital schwannoma treated with surgical excision and Mitomycin-C.

Kai Ching Peter Leung, Nerissa Kei Yen Lam, Edwin Chan, Tak Chuen Simon Ko

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Article in American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Dual histologic variants of schwannomas in orbital schwannomatosis.International journal of ophthalmology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kai Ching Peter LeungDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hosptial, Causewaybay, Hong Kong.
Nerissa Kei Yen LamDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tuen Mun Eye Centre, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong.
Edwin ChanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hosptial, Causewaybay, Hong Kong.
Tak Chuen Simon KoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hosptial, Causewaybay, Hong Kong.
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital · CNTuen Mun Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePrimary orbital schwannoma (POS) is a slow growing, benign encapsulated peripheral nerve sheath tumor that occurs infrequently within the orbit. Recurrence of POS is extremely rare. Previous speculations for reasons of recurrence include incomplete excision and tumor seeding. OBSERVATIONS: We present the fifth case reported in the literature to date of POS that had 2 episodes of recurrences within 8 years after diagnosis, in which rapid and insidious relapses were observed after initial surgical resection. This is also the first reported recurrent POS in which topical Mitomycin-C (MMC) has been employed during surgical excision with an aim to prevent further recurrences.

conclusionsAND IMPORTANCE: Whilst complete surgical excision remained the standard for management for most POS, when there are multiple recurrences and in cases where total excision is not possible, addition of topical MMC may be an option that may bring about tumour regression as demonstrated in our case.

Indexed as

CT, Computer tomographyMitomycin CMMC, Mitomycin CMRI, Magnetic resonance imagingNeurilemmomaNF2, Neurofibromatosis type 2Peripheral nerve sheath tumourPNST, Peripheral nerve sheath tumourPOS, Primary orbital schwannomaPrimary orbital schwannomasSchwannoma

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PMID32613139
PMCPMC7315101
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