title: Timing and special concerns regarding endocrine surgery during pregnancy.
abstract: Pregnancy may occur in the setting of endocrine diseases or be the first time these diseases manifest clinically. Management of pregnancy in these circumstances is challenging and requires a high degree of vigilance on the part of the treating physicians. The best outcome is achieved by a multidisciplinary approach consisting of endocrinology, obstetrics, anesthesiology, and endocrine surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. s-sam@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sam
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Molitch
mesh_terms: D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D013507:Endocrine Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000601:surgery*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors