[Brain tumors and pregnancy]. / Tumor cerebral e gravidez.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 65(4B): 1211-5, 2007 Dec.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18345432
BACKGROUND: Despite not being a common fact, the occurrence of brain tumors during pregnancy poses a risk to both the mother and infant. AIM: To identify the best medical procedure to be followed for a pregnant patient harboring a brain tumor. METHOD: The records of 6 patients with brain tumors, diagnosed during pregnancy were examined. RESULTS: Several types of brain tumors have been associated with pregnancy, but the meningioma is, by far, the most frequent. It seems that pregnancy aggravates the clinical course of intracranial tumors. There were no operative mortality in these series. In 2 patients the labor occurred before the craniotomy and in others, the delivery occurred after the surgery. CONCLUSION: The best moment to recommend the craniotomy and the neurosurgical removal of the tumor will depend of the mothers neurological condition, the tumor histological type as well as the gestational age.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações Neoplásicas na Gravidez
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha