Quddusi Ayesha, Shamim Muhammad Shahzad, Virani Quratulain
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Surgery, Section of Neurosurgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2019 Jul;69(7):1057-1058.
Meningiomas are the most common benign primary intracranial tumours in adults. Their rapid growth during pregnancy has been well reported. Moreover, the relationship of increased progesterone expression during pregnancy and extensive tumour growth has been debated. In this review, we discuss not only the effect of progesterone on meningiomal growth but also other mechanisms involved in gestational meningiomas.
