[Intracranial meningioma in pregnancy. Case report and literature review].

BACKGROUND: Brain tumors are the fifth leading cause of death in women of 20-39 years of age, including pregnant with similar onset and evolution.

CASE REPORT: 33 years of age with neurological manifestations due to an intracranial meningioma and 37 weeks pregnant. The pregnancy was terminated and the tumor was removed; the results were favorable for the mother and child.

CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of intracranial tumors during pregnancy is extremely low. Headache is the first symptom in almost 90% of cases, but are also common: nausea, vomiting, seizures and neurological deficits. MRI is the diagnostic study of choice. Meningiomas are the most common benign primary brain tumors of the central nervous system. They are a rare association; pregnant patients often experience more symptoms under accelerated tumor growth of a neoplasm usually slow growing. The treatment is surgical, although the current trend is the conservative treatment to achieve viable pregnancies. Emergency neurosurgery is reserved for cases with suspected increase in ICP, herniation, progressive neurological deterioration or other condition that threatens the life of the mother. The choice between Caesarean delivery and not only neurosurgery, there are multiple obstetrical, neurological and anesthesia to be taken into account factors. The prognosis is generally excellent with a 5-year survival greater than 90%.