Pott's disease in pregnancy - The University of Chicago Department ...
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Complications<br />
Pregnancy m<strong>in</strong>imally impacts <strong>disease</strong> progression but <strong>of</strong>ten obscures<br />
<strong>in</strong>itial diagnosis lead<strong>in</strong>g to greater risk <strong>of</strong> complications 1<br />
Psoas abscess<br />
Cauda equ<strong>in</strong>a compression result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> paraplegia or quadriplegia<br />
Men<strong>in</strong>gitis<br />
Premature labor result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> stillbirth<br />
Autonomic dysreflexia caus<strong>in</strong>g dysregulation <strong>of</strong> sympathetic sp<strong>in</strong>al<br />
reflexes and severe hypertension when lesion is above T62, 5<br />
Rarely <strong>in</strong>fects the fetus, but has been reported to spread<br />
lymphohematogenously via the <strong>in</strong>fected placenta at time <strong>of</strong> delivery 1<br />
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