Growth of a meningioma in a transsexual patient after estrogen-progestin therapy

N Engl J Med. 2007 Dec 6;357(23):2411-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc071938.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Androgen Antagonists / adverse effects*
  • Cyproterone Acetate / adverse effects*
  • Estradiol / adverse effects
  • Estradiol / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ethinyl Estradiol / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Meningioma / chemically induced*
  • Meningioma / diagnosis
  • Transsexualism

Substances

  • Androgen Antagonists
  • Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Cyproterone Acetate
  • Estradiol
  • estradiol 17-undecanoate