[Syringomyelia and pregnancy. A case report]

This report refers to the case of a 39-year-old woman, fourth gestation, who during her first pregnancy developed neurologic deficit of the left hand, which slowly progressed getting to affect during seven years, all the left upper extremity and the right hand. During this time, she had two abortions, and between the third and fourth pregnancies, because of the clinical suspicion, laboratory tests were done, finding by electromyography, lesion of anterior process of spinal chord at cervical level. During this fourth pregnancy, neurologic deficit increased and it was decided to interrupt pregnancy by cesarean section under epidural block at 38 weeks of gestation. According to our knowledge this syringomyelia case and pregnancy, is the first one reported in our country.