Case Summary | Neurofibromatosis Type 2


Condition	Neurological Tumors
Current Status and How Case Started	I have a really rare medical case called Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF 2). It is characterizedby various tumors growing along central or peripheral nerves.It is cause by a mutation in chromosome 22 and it is inhereted with autosomal dominant form (That means half of my kids have the probability of having this mutation).I know alot about my condition because I am simply a doctor! This disease is really rare (1 in every 50000 birthes).The other common form is Type 1 which is much more common (1 in everey 3000 birthes).The diffrence between the two types that type one is not life threatning as long as its manifestations are involving the skin and peripheral nerves (not central) While type 2 ,which I have, involves cranial nerves (especially the acoustic nerves) and the central nervous system. As I was 14 years old, I had my head operated to remove a big tumor in my hearing nerve (acoustic nerve) and it worked out but I lost the ability to hear in my right ear. My disease is so familliar with this injury and deaf causing tumors which are usually bilateral.
Dates	January 1, 1999 - Ongoing
Diagnosed On	August 1, 2000
Diagnosis Method	MRI + CT Scan + Doctor Examination

Treatment Combo	Anti-inflammatory Medication (NSAID) + Physical Therapy + Excision
Treatment Result	Helped a lot
Treatments Description	Now I do MRI every 6 monthes to check for new tumors that might appear or to check if the existing ones are growing.I have 2 small tumors in my head with no symptoms and an other in my spinal cord and the latter gives me always backaches.The surgeons say always that its better to wait until a tumor begins to grow really big before doing an operation.So nowadays there is no cure for my condition other than surgical operations.Radiation therapy is not that good option because it harms the brain tissue. I hope that modern science would bring something new to cure this disease.
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Gender:	Male
Age	26
Weight	75 pounds
About me:	Medical student in the last year, outgoing, like sport and technology .

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