Literature DB >> 3808519

A large meningioma presenting as a neurologic emergency in late pregnancy.

R M DeGrood, W H Beemer, D E Fenner, A A Compton.   

Abstract

A case is described of a large meningioma presenting as an acute neurologic emergency in late pregnancy. The diagnosis was made by a head computed axial tomography scan and an immediate cesarean section was performed, followed by a craniotomy and dissection of the tumor, with excellent outcome both for mother and infant.

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Year:  1987        PMID: 3808519

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Obstet Gynecol        ISSN: 0029-7844            Impact factor:   7.661


  5 in total

1.  Worsening neurological status in late pregnancy: consider meningioma.

Authors:  G V Narayansingh; S Ramsewak; J N Cross; R U Adam; W Kissoon
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1992-06       Impact factor: 2.401

2.  The effect of prolactin and bombesin on the growth of meningioma-derived cells in monolayer culture.

Authors:  E Jimenez-Hakim; M el-Azouzi; P M Black
Journal:  J Neurooncol       Date:  1993-06       Impact factor: 4.130

3.  Traumatic origin of a meningioma?

Authors:  P Betz; W Eisenmenger
Journal:  Int J Legal Med       Date:  1995       Impact factor: 2.686

4.  A pregnant female with a large intracranial mass: Reviewing the evidence to obtain management guidelines for intracranial meningiomas during pregnancy.

Authors:  Ekkehard M Kasper; Philip E Hess; Michelle Silasi; Kee-Hak Lim; James Gray; Hasini Reddy; Lauren Gilmore; Burkhard Kasper
Journal:  Surg Neurol Int       Date:  2010-12-25

Review 5.  An integrative view on sex differences in brain tumors.

Authors:  Tao Sun; Anya Plutynski; Stacey Ward; Joshua B Rubin
Journal:  Cell Mol Life Sci       Date:  2015-05-19       Impact factor: 9.261

  5 in total

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