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Successful Treatment with Dabrafenib/Trametinib of a Malignantly Transformed and Metastasized BRAF V600E Mutant Pleiomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Elle Vermeulen, An-Sofie Vander Mijnsbrugge, Stefanie Brock, Freya Vaeyens, Iris Dirven, Abdulhamid Ciçek, William Marcelis, Samuel Klein, Michaël Bruneau, Bart Neyns and 1 more

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Article in Case reports in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elle VermeulenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
An-Sofie Vander MijnsbruggeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Stefanie BrockDepartment of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Freya VaeyensDepartment of Medical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Iris DirvenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Abdulhamid CiçekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
William MarcelisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Samuel KleinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
Michaël BruneauDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Bart NeynsDepartment of Medical Oncology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Johnny DuerinckDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BEJessa Hospital · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Pleiomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is considered a low-grade glioma with a favorable prognosis following surgical resection. We present a case report of a Case Presentation: At the age of 16 years, our patient underwent an initial subtotal resection of a right occipital PXA. Six months later, a reintervention for an asymptomatic tumor recurrence was performed and complete resection was achieved. The patient has been followed up by MRI for 14 years without arguments for recurrence but was lost to follow-up thereafter. At 38 years of age, he presented with a symptomatic local recurrence with extra-cerebral soft tissue extension, for which a third surgical resection was performed. Anatomopathological examination reported a grade 3 anaplastic PXA (aPXA); molecular analysis detected a Conclusion: We present a rare case of malignant transformation and systemic dissemination of a

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Anaplastic pleiomorphic xanthoastrocytomaBRAF/MEK inhibitorsBRAFV600E mutationMetastasic diseasePleiomorphic xanthoastrocytomaTargeted therapy

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PMID38179547
PMCPMC10764088
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