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Primary meningeal sarcoma with leiomyoblastic differentiation complicating pregnancy
Bujung Hong1, Elvis J Hermann, Bettina Hollwitz
1Department of Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany. hong.bujung@mh-hannover.de
Abstract:
Intracranial malignant tumors during pregnancy are rare. Primary meningeal sarcoma with leiomyoblastic differentiation during pregnancy has not been reported. We present the case of a 25-year-old woman in the third trimester of pregnancy with a large intracranial tumor destructing the parietal calvaria and invasion of soft tissues. Histological examination revealed primary meningeal sarcoma with leiomyoblastic differentiation. A gross macroscopical resection of the tumor with removal of the infiltrated parietal calvaria was performed after delivery of a healthy baby through caesarean section. A mass on the head rapidly enlarging during pregnancy should be considered for a malignancy of intracranial origin. Early radiological exams as well as tumor resection followed by staging and multimodality treatment should be urgently performed.
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