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Case Reports
. 1998 May;78(3):F222-4.
doi: 10.1136/fn.78.3.f222.

Congenital primitive neuroectodermal tumour presenting as obstructed labour

D Inwald  1 , S Kempley, M Hird
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Congenital primitive neuroectodermal tumour presenting as obstructed labour

D Inwald et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1998 May.

Abstract

Brain tumours presenting at delivery are extremely rare. A case of primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET) that presented intrapartum with failure to progress due to hydrocephalus is reported. Diagnosis required imaging with magnetic resonance and computed tomography in addition to open biopsy.

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