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- Gary Peters and Nigel P Hinds.
- MRCP, Department of Neurology, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool L9 7LJ, UK. gary.peters@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk
- Anesth. Analg. 2005 Feb 1;100(2):547-8.
AbstractPostpartum neurological complications occur in up to 1% of deliveries. Often prior anesthetic procedures are blamed, with medicolegal implications. We describe a young woman who presented with postpartum foot drop diagnosed as an iatrogenic L5 root lesion after uncomplicated epidural anesthesia. After neurological assessment some 5 mo later she tested positive for the common hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies mutation that was a likely contributing factor in the development of her postpartum neuropathy. Anesthesiologists should consider hereditary neuropathies in the differential diagnosis of postpartum or postsurgical neurological deficits if there is a suggestive clinical history.
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