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- Title
Successful Topical Rapamycin Treatment for Facial Angiofibromata in Two Children.
- Authors
Pynn, Emma V.; Collins, Jemma; Hunasehally, Prasad R. Y.; Hughes, Jenny
- Abstract
Topical sirolimus, or rapamycin, is known to inhibit tumorigenesis in tuberous sclerosis. We report two cases of successful treatment of children with facial angiofibromata and summarize the encouraging evidence of the effectiveness of this therapy in the literature.
- Subjects
RAPAMYCIN; SKIN disease treatment; SKIN disease diagnosis; JUVENILE diseases; DRUG efficacy; NEOPLASTIC cell transformation; TUBEROUS sclerosis; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Pediatric Dermatology, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 3, pe120
- ISSN
0736-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pde.12551