Malignant Fetal Brain Tumor - Diagnosis, Management, Prognosis. Case Report and Literature Review

• Authors: Agnieszka Nawara-Baran , Karl Frontzek , Herbert Budka , Paweł P. Liberski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A case of the rare fetal brain tumor is presented. This initally was observed as bleeding and ventriculomegaly and it was diagnosed at 28th week gestation by 2D, 3D and TUI ultrasound. The patient remained under the perinatal care until the end of pregnancy: cesarean section was performed at 37th week of gestation. Despite neurosurgery, the baby died on the 3rd day of postnatal life. On the basis of histopathological examination the diagnosis was established such as highly malignant tumor with focal ependymal and neuronal differentation that expands the current histopathology tumors classification.

Keywords

EN

brain tumor; ventriculomegalia; 3D; TUI

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Prenatal Cardiology
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 36-39

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2014

received

27 - 3 - 2014

accepted

29 - 5 - 2014

online

30 - 12 - 2015

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Nawara-Baran

• Volumed Medical Practice, Cracow, Poland

author

Karl Frontzek

• Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Herbert Budka

• Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Paweł P. Liberski

• Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Medical University Lodz, Lodz, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12847/12145