Paraplegia due to spinal meningioma during the third trimester of pregnancy: case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Spinal meningiomas represent 25-45% of intradural spinal tumors and ~2% of meningiomas of the central nervous system (CNS), and their occurrence during pregnancy is unusual. We present an updated literature review.

Case report

A 36-year-old woman, at 32.6 weeks of gestation, was hospitalized for urinary tract infection and urinary retention. One month earlier, she had decreased strength in lower limbs, and this weakness rapidly progressed to flaccid paraplegia without sphincters control. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a well-defined intradural extramedullary lesion in T3-T4. Using a posterolateral approach, the tumor was completely removed; however, there was no clinical improvement, and the patient was discharged with an impairment scale (AIS) grade

SUBMITTER: Antolinez Ayala VE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8050304 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature