| Literature DB >> 32537078 |
Houda Rhalem1, Houria Knouni1, Amina Barkat1.
Abstract
Fetal brain tumors are rare. Teratoma is the most common histological type. Their evolution is often fatal. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging allows for early antenatal diagnosis. However, definitive diagnosis is based on histologic examination. Placental metastases are rare and complicate more often the course of malignant melanomas, hemopathies, breast and bronchial cancers. In pregnant women who have recently had a cancer, anatomopathologic examination of the placenta should be requested to detect tumor invasion. Similarly, neonatal assessment and extended pediatric follow-up are required. The establishment of registries collecting all cancer cases diagnosed among pregnant woman is essential for a better understanding of the epidemiology of these cancers as well as of maternal and paediatric prognostic factors. We here report a case of fetal brain tumor in a woman with recurrent ovarian cancer. © Houda Rhalem et al.Entities:
Keywords: Fetal brain tumors; antenatal diagnosis; placental metastasis
Year: 2020 PMID: 32537078 PMCID: PMC7250215 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.75.13843
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1TDM cérébrale (volumineux processus lésionnel à triple composante kystique majoritaire, charnue hétérogène et calcique à l'étage sus tentoriel avec hydrocéphalie)
Figure 2IRM cérébrale (volumineux processus extra axial sus tentoriel qui refoule les hémisphères cérébraux et cérébelleux et responsable d'une hydrocéphalie laminant le parenchyme avec engagement amygdalien)