SPHENOID WING MENINGIOMA PROGRESSION AFTER PLACEMENT OF A SUBCUTANEOUS PROGESTERONE AGONIST CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANT

Authors
PIPER JG FOLLETT KA FANTIN A
Citation
Jg. Piper et al., SPHENOID WING MENINGIOMA PROGRESSION AFTER PLACEMENT OF A SUBCUTANEOUS PROGESTERONE AGONIST CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANT, Neurosurgery, 34(4), 1994, pp. 723-725
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Neurosciences
Journal title
Neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148396X
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
723 - 725
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-396X(1994)34:4<723:SWMPAP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP between sex steroids and meningioma proliferatio n has long been suspected. We report a case of the clinical progressio n of a sphenoid wing meningioma after the placement of Norplant, a sub cutaneous contraceptive implant containing levonorgestrel, a progester one agonist. Although not proof of causation, this observation lends f urther credence to the importance of progesterone receptors in the gro wth and possible treatment of meningiomas.