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Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments
Meningiomas have long been known to be associated with sexual hormones. We discuss here the case of a woman with a huge meningioma that rapidly grew over the course of a couple years while the patient was simultaneously taking fertility treatments. There is substantial evidence suggesting that ferti...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3287381 |
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author | Patterson, Adam Elashaal, Abdurrahim |
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description | Meningiomas have long been known to be associated with sexual hormones. We discuss here the case of a woman with a huge meningioma that rapidly grew over the course of a couple years while the patient was simultaneously taking fertility treatments. There is substantial evidence suggesting that fertility treatments can fuel the growth of meningiomas. The potential risks should be considered in women with a previous or family history of meningiomas who plan to undergo fertility treatment. These patients need to be evaluated and a screening imaging of brain MRI (Magnetic Resonant Imaging) should be offered in the middle or toward the end of such a treatment to control and prevent complications of these meningiomas. |
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spelling | pubmed-52204242017-01-23 Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments Patterson, Adam Elashaal, Abdurrahim Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Meningiomas have long been known to be associated with sexual hormones. We discuss here the case of a woman with a huge meningioma that rapidly grew over the course of a couple years while the patient was simultaneously taking fertility treatments. There is substantial evidence suggesting that fertility treatments can fuel the growth of meningiomas. The potential risks should be considered in women with a previous or family history of meningiomas who plan to undergo fertility treatment. These patients need to be evaluated and a screening imaging of brain MRI (Magnetic Resonant Imaging) should be offered in the middle or toward the end of such a treatment to control and prevent complications of these meningiomas. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5220424/ /pubmed/28116188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3287381 Text en Copyright © 2016 A. Patterson and A. Elashaal. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Patterson, Adam Elashaal, Abdurrahim Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments |
title | Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments |
title_full | Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments |
title_fullStr | Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments |
title_full_unstemmed | Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments |
title_short | Fast-Growing Meningioma in a Woman Undergoing Fertility Treatments |
title_sort | fast-growing meningioma in a woman undergoing fertility treatments |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3287381 |
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