RARE-60. PREGNANCIES AFTER CHILDHOOD CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA – RESULTS OF KRANIOPHARYNGEOM 2000/2007. (4th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sowithayasakul, Panjarat; Boekhoff, Svenja; Bison, Brigitte; Müller, Hermann L
• Is Part Of: Neuro-oncology. Volume 22(2020)Supplement 3
• Page Start: iii455
• Page End: iii455
• Publication Date: 2020-12-04
• Subjects: Brain Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Brain -- Tumors -- Periodicals; Brain -- Cancer -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Cancer -- Periodicals; 616.99481
• DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa222.770
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1522-8517

Abstract

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Data on female fertility, pregnancy, and outcome of offspring after childhood-onset craniopharyngioma (CP) are rare. STUDY DESIGN: Observational study on pregnancy rate and offspring outcome in female CP patients recruited in KRANIOPHARYNGEOM 2000/2007. RESULTS: A total of 451 CP patients (223 female) have been recruited, and 269 (133 female) were postpubertal at study. Six of 133 female CP patients (4.5%) with median age of 14.9 years at CP diagnosis had 9 pregnancies, giving birth to 10 newborns. Three patients achieved complete surgical resections. No patient underwent postoperative irradiation. Five natural pregnancies occurred in 3 CP patients without pituitary deficiencies. Four pregnancies in 3 CP patients with hypopituitarism were achieved under assisted reproductive techniques (ART) (median 4.5 cycles, range: 3–6 cycles). Median maternal age at pregnancy was 30 years (range: 22–41 years). Six babies (60%) were delivered by caesarean section. Median gestational age at delivery was 38 weeks (range: 34–43 weeks); median birth weight was 2, 920 g (range: 2, 270– 3, 520 g), the rate of preterm delivery was 33%. Enlargements of CP cysts occurred in 2 women during pregnancy. Other complications during pregnancy, delivery, and postnatal period were not observed. CONCLUSIONS: Pregnancies after CP are rare and were only achieved after ART in patients with hypopituitarism. Close monitoring by an experienced reproductive physician is necessary. Due to a potentially increased risk for cystic enlargement, clinical, ophthalmological, and MRI monitoring are recommended in patients at risk. Perinatal complications, birth defects, and morbidity of mothers and offspring were not observed.