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- Title
A case of acute-onset paraplegia due to spinal tuberculosis in term pregnancy.
- Authors
Yadav, Aishwarya; Singh, Anuradha; Aggarwal, Kiran
- Abstract
Acute paraplegia in pregnancy is uncommon but can result from pathology including Guillain-Barre syndrome, acute transverse myelitis, and spinal tuberculosis, also known as Pott's disease of the spine. India has a high incidence of tuberculosis (2.8 million cases annually) therefore spinal tuberculosis is a particularly important disease to consider during pregnancy. Management of spinal tuberculosis in pregnancy poses a challenge especially at term gestation as immobilization of the spine and maintaining supination is difficult, particularly at delivery.
- Subjects
INDIA; TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology; NECK pain; THIRD trimester of pregnancy; BACKACHE; ANTITUBERCULAR agents; SPINAL tuberculosis; ACUTE diseases; PARAPLEGIA; THERAPEUTICS; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Obstetric Medicine (1753-495X), 2023, Vol 16, Issue 4, p242
- ISSN
1753-495X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1753495X221113758