Quadriplegia prolonged unconsciousness and transient blindness after eclampsia--case report.
In eclampsia neurological complications carry a high maternal mortality and morbidity. The case of an unbooked 15-year-old primiparous teenager who presented in shock, unconscious, quadriplegic and transiently blind one day after home delivery is reported. Co-operative inter-departmental management was undertaken and the patient was discharged, satisfactorily recovered.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy