ArticleSurgical neurology international2015
Management of intracranial pathology during pregnancy: Case example and review of management strategies.
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- Awake craniotomy during pregnancy: A systematic review of the published literature.Neurosurgical review · 2023Pooled it
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- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for the Management of Obstructive Hydrocephalus in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Journal of neurological surgery reports · 2024Article
- Symptomatic intracranial tumors in pregnancy: an updated management algorithm. Illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2023Article
- Case Report: A Pregnant Woman Diagnosed as ALK-Rearrangement Lung Large Cell Neuroendocrine Cancer With Brain Metastasis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Anaplastic ganglioglioma in pregnancy a cause of cerebral edema and maternal death.Case reports in perinatal medicine · 2022Article
- Anesthetic Management for Cesarean Delivery in a Patient with a Gigantic Intracranial Tumor.Case reports in anesthesiology · 2020Article
- Subtotal Resection of an Anaplastic Ganglioglioma in Pregnancy.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2018Article
- Management strategies for neoplastic and vascular brain lesions presenting during pregnancy: A series of 29 patients.Surgical neurology international · 2017Article
- Brain metastases from breast cancer during pregnancy.Surgical neurology international · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundIntracranial tumors during pregnancy are uncommon, and they present an interesting challenge to both the neurosurgeon and the obstetrician. Special considerations must be made in every aspect of care. The authors use the rare case of a 27-year-old pregnant female with suspected pineal region tumor eventually diagnosed as a thalamic region ganglioglioma to review the current literature on management of pathology in this unique patient population. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 27-year-old female who was 26 weeks pregnant presented to her obstetrician with complaints of headaches, blurriness of vision, and left-sided numbness and tingling. She was diagnosed with 1-cm mass in the pineal region and obstructive hydrocephalus. She initially underwent an endoscopic third ventriculostomy with biopsy of what appeared grossly to be a thalamic mass. The child was delivered via cesarean section at 39 weeks. Serial postpartum imaging demonstrated increasing tumor size and enhancement, which led the authors to proceed with subtotal resection via a supracerebellar infratentorial approach with stereotactic neuronavigation. Tissue specimens obtained for pathological analysis resulted in a revised diagnosis of World Health Organization (WHO) grade II ganglioglioma.
conclusionsPregnancy presents a challenge for any patient requiring neurosurgical intervention. We present an interesting case example with a rare central nervous system neoplasm and discuss the management of intracranial pathology in pregnant patients.
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