Sphenoid Wing Meningioma Progression after Placement of a Subcutaneous Progesterone Agonist Contraceptive Implant
作者:
John Piper,
Kenneth Follett,
Aldo Fantin,
期刊:
Neurosurgery
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 34,
issue 4
页码: 723-725
ISSN:0148-396X
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: Contraceptive;Hormone;Meningioma;Norplant;Progesterone
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP between sex steroids and meningioma proliferation has long been suspected. We report a case of the clinical progression of a sphenoid wing meningioma after the placement of Norplant, a subcutaneous contraceptive implant containing levonorgestrel, a progesterone agonist. Although not proof of causation, this observation lends further credence to the importance of progesterone receptors in the growth and possible treatment of meningiomas.
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