title: Glioblastoma multiforme in pregnancy.
abstract: Brain tumors in pregnancy are uncommon occurrences. A 48-year-old female at 36 2/7 weeks of gestation presented with right-sided weakness and parasthesias, a facial droop, and an unsteady gait. Brain imaging studies revealed a left-sided parietal lesion impinging upon the lateral ventricle. She underwent a cesarean delivery and then a craniotomy with resection of a glioblastoma multiforme two days later. Despite treatment with radiation and chemotherapy, she died nine months later. Glioblastoma multiforme is a rare diagnosis during pregnancy which may present as a neurologic emergency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garry
authors.forename: Reinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Figueroa
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003399:Craniotomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant