Lidocaine Patch for Pain of Erythromelalgia
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Lidocaine patch for pain of erythromelalgia.
A 15-year-old white girl had continuous mild discomfort associated with coolness and slight cyanosis of both feet. Intermittently, whenever she exercised, her feet became bright red and extremely painful, consistent with intermittent episodes of erythromelalgia (Figure 1). The discomfort markedly affected her daily activities: she stopped hiking, playing sports, marching in the high school band...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0003-987X
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.1.17