title: Pregnancy in patients with preexisting transverse myelitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although several cases of pregnancies of traumatic spinal cord injury patients have been reported, to our knowledge, only one case has been reported detailing the perinatal outcome in a patient with preexisting transverse myelitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The prenatal course and pregnancy outcome in two patients with preexisting transverse myelitis is presented. The major complications encountered were urinary tract infections and mobility problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with preexisting transverse myelitis can have successful pregnancies with term vaginal deliveries. Prevention of potential complications, such as anemia, preterm labor and delivery, decubitus ulcers, and autonomic dysreflexia can be achieved with coordinated multidisciplinary management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Berghella
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trauffer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy