Congenital paraplegia following maternal hypotension |
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Authors: | S Suri MB BS MD MRCPCH MRCP S Salfield FRCPCH FRCP DCH DObstRCOG P Baxter MA MD FRCP |
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Institution: | Department of Paediatrics, Harrogate District Hospital, UK. |
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Abstract: | Congenital paraplegia, with partial improvement over the first months of life, occurred in a female neonate born at 35 weeks' gestation, whose mother had suffered hypotension and hypoxaemia due to anaphylaxis 12 weeks earlier. Our patient subsequently had an acute encephalopathy during a respiratory illness with later developmental delay. We speculate that the baby's paraplegia resulted from spinal-cord ischaemia in utero. The aim of this report is to describe the spinal presentation. |
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