Publications by authors named "Maria Camila Prada Avella"
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- - Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) mostly affects the skin and usually heals on its own, but some cases are more severe, affecting multiple systems and resulting in a poor prognosis.
- - The case discussed involves a patient with multisystemic congenital LCH, marked by the BRAF V600E mutation, severe disease complications, and resistance to chemotherapy.
- - This situation poses significant challenges for treatment due to the disease's aggressive nature, inherent resistance to standard therapies, and unpredictable response to BRAF inhibitors.
Rhabdomyosarcomas are neoplasms with a high degree of malignancy and arise from the embryonic mesenchyme. They represent approximately 5% of all pediatric tumors and their main locations are the head and neck (45%), trunk (40%), and extremities (15%). Twenty-five percent to 30% of the head and neck rhabdomyosarcomas appear in the orbit; however, its origin from the conjunctiva is rare, with few case reports published in the literature.
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