RT Book, Section
A1 Oaklander, Anne Louise
A2 Imboden, John B.
A2 Hellmann, David B.
A2 Stone, John H.
SR Print(0)
ID 57276340
T1 Chapter 70. Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) & Posttraumatic Neuralgia
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163805-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57276340
RD 2024/04/19
AB Consider  when  limb  injury  causes  unexpectedly  severe  or  prolonged  distal  pain.The  complex  regional  pain  syndrome  (CRPS)  diagnosis  also  requires  regional  microvascular  dysfunction  (edema  or  abnormal  skin  color  or  temperature).Posttraumatic  neuralgia  (PTN)  does  not  require  microvascular  dysfunction.CRPS  often  devolves  through  PTN  as  it  heals.Variably  present  symptoms  not  required  for  the  diagnosis  of  CRPS  include  disordered  movement,  sweating,  and  posture  (eg,  dystonia).Symptoms  can  be  mild  and  transient,  moderate,  or  severe  and  prolonged.  Severe  and  prolonged  symptoms  are  uncommon.  Cases  that  are  not  associated  with  trauma  may  have  an  internal  cause  that  requires  attention.  Such  cases  comprise  a  minority  of  CRPS  cases.