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Postpartum complicated by transverse myelitis / Postparto complicado por mielitis transversa
Dueñas-Garcia, OF; Diaz-Sotomayor, M.
Affiliation
  • Dueñas-Garcia, OF; Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department. Bronx. US
  • Diaz-Sotomayor, M; Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department. Bronx. US
West Indian med. j ; 61(6): 643-645, Sept. 2012. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-672973
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ABSTRACT
Transverse myelitis is a very rare neurological condition associated with immunologic and infectious conditions causing interruption of the neuroanatomical pathways in a transverse plane in the spinal cord. Herein is described the fatal case of a patient that developed transverse myelitis after a Caesarean delivery, probably related to the epidural analgesia.
RESUMEN
La mielitis transversa es un trastorno neurológico poco común, asociado con problemas inmunológicos e infecciosos que causan interrupciones de las vías neuroanatómicas en el plano transversal de la médula espinal. Aquí se describe el caso fatal de una paciente que desarrolló mielitis transversal luego de un parto con cesárea, probablemente en relación con la anestesia epidural.
Subject(s)

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Main subject: Anesthesia, Epidural / Myelitis, Transverse Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: West Indian med. j Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/US
Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: LILACS Main subject: Anesthesia, Epidural / Myelitis, Transverse Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: West Indian med. j Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/US
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