Transient unilateral brachial plexopathy and partial Horner's syndrome following spinal anesthesia for cesarean section

A healthy 21-year-old primigravida presented for elective cesarean section. At 45 min after intrathecal (IT) injection of bupivacaine, morphine and fentanyl she developed dysphagia, right sided facial droop, ptosis and ulnar nerve weakness. This constellation of signs and symptoms resolved 2 h later. Based on the time course and laterality of her symptoms, as well as the pharmacologic properties of spinal opioids, we believe her symptoms can be attributed to the IT administration of fentanyl.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

• Publication date

  2014-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.4103/0970-9185.130073PMID 24803773PMCID 4009655
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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