Minor-Oppenheim syndrome
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An obsolete term for paralysis and anaesthesia following a problematic delivery course.
Description
No longer commonly used term for paralysis and anaesthesia, complete or partially reversible, following a problematic delivery course and caused by direct or indirect injury to spine with extravasation of the blood into or around the spinal cord.
Bibliography
- L. Minor:
Centrale haematomyelie.
Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, Berlin, 1892, 24: 693-729.
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