title: Postpartum complicated by transverse myelitis.
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.
authors: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1650 Grand Concourse, 5th Floor, Bronx, New York 10457, USA. oduenas@bronxleb.org
authors: O F
authors: OF
authors: Dueñas-Garcia
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Diaz-Sotomayor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D049590:Postpartum Period