Rapid enlargement and recurrence of a preexisting intrasellar craniopharyngioma during the course of two pregnancies - Case report

Aydin Y., Can S., Gulkilik A., Turkmenoglu O., Alatli C., Ziyal I.

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, vol.91, no.2, pp.322-324, 1999 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 91 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Doi Number: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.2.0322
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.322-324
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Enlargement of preexisting pituitary adenomas during pregnancy is well documented, but this phenomenon is unusual for nonendocrine pituitary tumors such as craniopharyngiomas. Only six cases of craniopharyngioma have been reported as presenting during pregnancy.