Non Traumatic Spinal Epidural Haematoma in a Woman with HELLP Syndrome: A Case Report
Juhi Bansal1, Ravishankar Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa2, Amit Gupta3
1Senior Resident, Department of Radio-diagnosis, Sawai Mann Singh Medical College , Jaipur, India .
Abstract:
Spinal epidural haematomas (SEH) is a potentially reversible cause of spinal cord and nerve root compression which needs prompt surgical decompression for satisfactory neurological recovery. SEH occurs very rarely in pregnant woman with HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, and low platelet levels). Most of the SEH cases reported in HELLP syndrome in the literature are due to iatrogenic interventions. We report a still rarer case of non traumatic spinal epidural haematoma in a pregnant woman with HELLP Syndrome.
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