Eclamptic manifestations occurring in pregnancy complicated by brain tumor

1.1. A case is presented of convulsions, hypertension, albuminuria, and edema in the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy, followed by coma and death after three days in a Drinker respirator. Autopsy showed lesions characteristic of eclampsia and a large meningioma of the right frontal lobe.2.2. A partial review of the literature shows that a relatively small number of cases of brain tumors in pregnancy are on record, probably less than fifty.3.3. No previous case was noted in which brain tumor was present in a pregnant woman with clinical and pathological findings of eclampsia.4.4. Lesions of the liver, kidneys, adrenals, and placenta in eclampsia are probably the result of vasospasm and tissue ischemia.5.5. Brain tumor occurring in pregnancy may exactly simulate the clinical picture of eclampsia, and under certain conditions may cause pathological changes in the visceral organs similar to those of eclampsia.