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J Neurol Surg Rep 2016; 77(02): e86-e88
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583311
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583311
Case Report
Brain Tumor in an In Vitro Fertilization–Facilitated Pregnancy: Fourth Ventricle Anaplastic Ependymoma in the Second Trimester
Further Information
Publication History
14 November 2015
16 March 2016
Publication Date:
09 June 2016 (online)
Abstract
We present a case of fourth ventricle anaplastic ependymoma in a pregnancy which was the first result of three rounds of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer. Whether hormonal treatment can directly or indirectly precipitate brain tumors to develop or become symptomatic is unclear.
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