Trigeminal schwannoma mimicking magnesium intoxication in a pregnancy complicated by severe preeclampsia.
We present a case report describing a pregnancy complicated by severe preeclampsia and a trigeminal schwannoma which caused loss of consciousness, diplopia and blurred vision, which were initially thought to be signs of magnesium intoxication.
Aksu
Tarik
T
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Dursun
Polat
P
Salman
M Coskun
MC
Gultekin
Murat
M
Ozyuncu
Ozgur
O
D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve
D008278:Magnesium Sulfate