Probable parasellar meningioma in a pregnant woman.
An intracranial meningioma was diagnosed in a 28-year-old woman during the second trimester of her fifth pregnancy. Similar cases in the literature are reviewed and the experience at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with intracranial neoplasms occurring in pregnant woman during the 10-year period from January 1965 to January 1976 is reported. The management of the reported patient and the pathophysiology of meningiomas are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging