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ArticleJA clinical reports2025

Epidural labor analgesia in a pregnant woman with symptomatic recurrence of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease: a case report.

Satoshi Toyama, Sooyeon Han

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Satoshi ToyamaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, 1-5-45Bunkyo-Ku, Yushima, 1138510, Japan. s-toyama@suite.plala.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3640-1976
Sooyeon HanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo, 1-5-45Bunkyo-Ku, Yushima, 1138510, Japan.

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Abstract

backgroundMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a demyelinating disorder that may relapse during pregnancy. The safety of neuraxial anesthesia in such patients remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a 32-year-old multiparous woman with MOGAD who developed intractable hiccups due to new medullary lesions at 35 weeks of gestation. Despite steroid pulse therapy, symptoms persisted. At 36 weeks and 2 days, premature rupture of membranes occurred, and hiccups worsened with labor pain. After informed consent, labor epidural analgesia was initiated using low-concentration levobupivacaine with minimal fentanyl. Pain relief coincided with the reduction of hiccups. Vaginal delivery of a male infant was uneventful. Her hiccups resolved by postpartum day 4, and magnetic resonance imaging showed improvement in the lesion. She was discharged on postpartum day 7 without neurological worsening.

conclusionsLabor epidural analgesia provided effective pain control and was associated with symptom relief in a parturient with active MOGAD.

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Demyelinating disorderLabor analgesiaMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated diseaseNeuraxial anesthesiaObstetric anesthesia

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PMCPMC12589681

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