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Intracranial meningioma with progesterone positive receptors presenting in late pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

K. Ismail ,
H. B. Coakham  and
F. J. M. Walters
K. Ismail
Affiliation:
Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
H. B. Coakham
Affiliation:
Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
F. J. M. Walters
Affiliation:
Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
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Abstract

A 36-year-old female presented with seizures and transient dysphasia in her 31 week of pregnancy. Neuro-radiological investigations revealed a large falx meningioma. A decision was taken to deliver the infant and excise the tumour before term because of the risk of an increase in the size of the tumour and the risk of sinus thrombosis. Therefore, she underwent in her 32 week of pregnancy an elective Caesarean section followed by a craniotomy to remove the meningioma. There were no neonatal complications and she made an uneventful recovery. The final pathology report confirmed the diagnosis of meningioma with progesterone positive receptors.

Keywords

meningiomapregnancyanaesthesiacaesarean section
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 106 - 109
Copyright
1998 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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