These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: three case reports.
    Author: Tada S, Yasue A, Nishizawa H, Sekiya T, Hirota Y, Udagawa Y.
    Journal: J Obstet Gynaecol Res; 2011 Nov; 37(11):1734-8. PubMed ID: 21790886.
    Abstract:
    We present three extremely rare cases of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma occurring in pregnancy. The patients developed progressive paralysis of the upper and lower limbs and the diagnoses were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. Urgent decompression is required to prevent neurological sequelae. The pregnancy may either be continued or delivered depending on the gestational age and severity of the disorder. Pregnancy-induced structural changes of the vascular walls and hemodynamic changes may play a role in the pathogenesis of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]