Intracranial meningioma with positive progesterone receptors. A case report.
A patient with a headache and seizures in the second trimester of her fifth pregnancy was diagnosed as having an intracranial meningioma. She underwent pregnancy termination followed by craniotomy and removal of the tumor one week later. She recovered fully. The final pathology report confirmed the diagnosis of meningioma, progesterone receptor positive.
Pliskow
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Herbst
S J
SJ
Saiontz
H A
HA
Cove
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H
Ackerman
R T
RT
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D015232:Dinoprostone