Has been renamed complex regional pain syndrome
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Thalidomide has activity in treating complex regional pain syndrome.
R ajkumar et al 1 reported that thalidomide (Thalomid; Celgene Corporation; Warren, NJ), prescribed for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, led to unexpected improvement and near resolution of reflex sympathetic dystrophy in a woman with a 3-year history of the disorder. We report on our recent clinical experience using thalidomide to treat reflex sympathetic dystrophy, better known as complex re...
متن کاملComplex regional pain syndrome.
Complex regional pain syndrome is a chronic pain condition characterized by autonomic and inflammatory features. It occurs acutely in about 7% of patients who have limb fractures, limb surgery, or other injuries. Many cases resolve within the first year, with a smaller subset progressing to the chronic form. This transition is often paralleled by a change from "warm complex regional pain syndro...
متن کامل[complex Regional Pain Syndrome].
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) represents a state of constant and often disabling pain, affecting one region (usually hand) and often occurs after a trauma whose severity does not correlate with the level of pain. The older term for this condition of chronic pain associated with motor and autonomic symptoms is reflex sympathetic dystrophy or causalgia. The aim of this review, based on co...
متن کاملComplex Regional Pain Syndrome
(formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy) elicits in absence of any obvious nerve injury, whereas CRPS Type II (previously termed causalgia) is associated with injury to a major peripheral nerve. However, the clinical presentations of the two types are normally indistinguishable. Limb fracture is the most common traumatic event that precedes CRPS. Lesions of the central nervous system, e...
متن کاملComplex Regional Pain Syndrome
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a poorly understood painful condition. There is pain in a limb, usually associated with sensory, motor, autonomic, skin and bone abnormalities. The symptoms are severe and have a debilitating effect. Often there is a history of trauma but the effects are disproportionate to the severity of the injury. It usually only affects one limb but in 7% of people ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7008.812