Annals of Neurosciences, Vol 17, No 1 (2010)

Managing sudden quadriparesis at term pregnancy

Anjali Kanhere, Jyoti N. Modi, Vijay Baghel, Supriya Rai, M R Gaikwad, Garjesh Rai, Ganesh Joshi, Rakesh Biswas

Abstract


This case report describes a patient of sudden onset quadriperesis at term pregnancy and discusses the challenges of managing not only the neurological issues but also pregnancy complications, fetal distress, operative delivery and the attendant risk of autonomic hyperreflexia.

doi : 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.2010.170111

 

Competing interests: None.     Source of Funding: None

Received Date: 24 Sept 2009     Revised Date: 21 Oct 2009     Accepted Date: 09 Nov 2009