Pregnancy Increases the Growth Rates of World Health Organization Grade II Gliomas
Pregnancy Increases the Growth Rates of World Health Organization Grade II Gliomas
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DOI:
10.1002/ana.21888
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发表时间:
2010-03-01
影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Taillandier, Luc
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作者:
Pallud, Johan;Mandonnet, Emmanuel;Taillandier, Luc
Twelve pregnancies in 11 adult women harboring World Health Organization (WHO) grade II gliomas (GIIGs) prior to pregnancy were reviewed to address whether pregnancy affects tumor growth using a quantitative approach of the radiological velocity of diametric expansion (VDE) on successive magnetic resonance images. VDE was significantly increased during pregnancy as compared to prepregnancy (p < 0.001) and to postdelivery (p = 0.012) periods. Pregnancy increases the radiological growth rates of GIIGs. An increase in seizure frequency was observed concomitantly in 40% of cases and further oncological treatment was started after delivery in 25% of cases. ANN NEUROL 2010;67:398-404