Rapid recurrence of craniopharyngioma during pregnancy with recovery of vision: a case report.
Although enlargement of pituitary adenomas during pregnancy is a well documented phenomenon, this is rarely seen with craniopharyngiomas. Discussed here is the case of a patient whose initial presentation, operation, rapid regrowth, and reoperation of a pathologically proven solid craniopharyngioma, occurred during the course of a single pregnancy. Further, the rapid regrowth of the tumor resulted in total blindness for 48 hours prior to reoperation. Repeat transsphenoidal operation resulted in a gross total removal, restoration of vision, and allowed for the cesarean section delivery of a healthy infant.
Maniker
A H
AH
Section of Neurosurgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA.
Krieger
A J
AJ
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica