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Glioblastoma multiforme in pregnancy.

Mackenzie AP, Levine G, Garry D, Figueroa R

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.

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.

Published 4 April 2005 in J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 17(1): 81-3.
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