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Published on: June 2, 2014
Pregnant patients with severe headaches - don't forget brain tumours!
T Hassim1, D Hall1, P Mjuleka1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Although sometimes innocuous, headaches in pregnancy may be associated with serious, even life-threatening conditions, with diagnosis delayed due to nonspecific findings associated with normal pregnancy. Meningiomas are the most common primary tumours, have a strong female predisposition and are mostly benign. There is a paucity of information on the diagnosis and management of meningiomas during and after pregnancy. In this article, we describe two cases of meningioma with differing management, seen within a period of 6 months. In case one, iatrogenic preterm delivery of the baby at 33 weeks' gestation was executed to facilitate vision-saving neurosurgery. In our second case, delivery was at early term, with time allowed for postpartum re-evaluation before definitive neurosurgery.
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