title: Clinical significance of neurofibromatosis in pregnancy.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a common genetic disease that affects multiple organ systems. We studied eight women with NF and the outcome of their 14 pregnancies. One patient and her fetus died of a massive intracranial hemorrhage as a result of ruptured glioblastoma of the basal ganglia. The incidence of live birth and preterm labor were 50% and 28.6%, respectively. One of 14 pregnancies (7.1%) resulted in spontaneous abortion. There was also one growth-retarded fetus in this series (7.1%). Perinatal implications of this disease and management guidelines are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Hadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014427:Twins