Korean J Perinatol.
2002 Sep;13(3):298-303.
A Case of Anaplastic Astrocytoma in Term Pregnancy
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- 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, JinJu, Korea. wypaik@gshp.gsnu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Intracranial astrocytoma is often discovered in third-fifth decade and occupies about 12% of the intracranial tumor patients. The concurrence of tumors of the brain and pregnancy is uncommon, moreover, astrocytoma of the brain in term pregnancy is very rare. Generally, astrocytoma is divided into six subgroups. Among them anaplastic astrocytoma is thought to be a malignant brain tumor. In the management of patients with brain tumor complicating pregnancy, judgments with regard to the optimal time for neurologic studies and operation and the mode of delivery are frequently difficult and occasionally controversial. We experienced a case of anaplastic astrocytoma of left frontal lobe, which was diagnosed by MR imaging at the third trimester of pregnancy. We report the case with a brief review of literature.
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