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Neuromyelitis optica after a spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine
H Hosseini1, P Brugieres, J D Degos
1Neurology Department, Chu Henri Mondor, Creteil, France. hosseini@im3.inserm.fr
Multiple Sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
|October 30, 2003
Abstract:
We report the case of a 53-year old woman who developed a neuromyelitis optica (NMO or Devic's syndrome) after a spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine. To our knowledge, the use of bupivacaine in human has not been associated to neurological complications like myelitis or NMO. The pathogenesis of this complication will be discussed.