Unexplained nausea and weight loss in two cases of longstanding CRPS.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a highly painful, limb-confined condition that arises usually after trauma [1,2]. The objective of this letter is to highlight unusual presentations of nausea and rapid, dramatic, but then stabilizing weight loss associated with CRPS, which we observed in two of our patients. These are the only noted cases of this type among 190 cases of Budapest CRPS seen at our center since 2007 when a specialized service for this condition was set up.
منابع مشابه
Antihistamines and Other Prognostic Factors for Adverse Outcome in Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Follow-Up Study
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) may be defined as persistent, unexplained nausea and vomiting resulting in more than 5% weight loss, abnormal fluid and nutritional intake, electrolyte imbalance, dehydration, and ketonuria [1]. Symptoms often extend beyond the first trimester and can last throughout the entire pregnancy in as many as one-third of cases, leading to extreme weight loss and possibly a ...
متن کاملSignificant weight loss, nausea, and vomiting due to strongyloidiasis:a case report
Abstract Strongyloidiasis is caused by infestation with Strongyloides stercoralis, a free living tropical and semitropical soil helminth that has a larval form that penetrates intact skin. Clinical manifestations may be varied from an asymptomatic infection in immunocompetent hosts to a diffuse and fatal form in immunocompromised hosts. We report a 56-year-old man from Dezful (sou...
متن کاملAn Unexpected Cause of Marked Weight Loss Associated with Vomiting in an Adult Man: Gastric Phytobeozar
Objectives: We present the case of an edentulous 47-year-old farmer referred to our Department of Internal Medicine because of postprandial vomiting, hyporexia, asthenia and weight loss. He ate a mostly vegetarian diet. Materials and methods: An oesophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed the presence of a phytobezoar at the level of the fundus and body of the stomach. Endoscopic fragmentation and rem...
متن کاملبررسی ارزش انجام هیستوپاتولوژی روتین اعمال جراحی لوزه
Background & Aim: Tonsillectomy is the most common head and neck surgery in Iran. Considering that any operation involves three specimens and this can cause a considerable waste of time and cost, we intended to conduct a survey. The aim of designing and performing this research was to evaluate the value of histopathology done on all obtained specimens of adenotonsilectomy. Patients & Method...
متن کاملانفیلتراسیون کتامین در بستر لوزه‌ها حین جراحی جهت پیشگیری از درد پس از عمل جراحی
Background: Post-tonsillectomy pain is often severe and usually prevents patients from routine eating and drinking. A new option for reducing postoperative pain is "preemptive analgesia", the pre-, intra- or post-operative administration of analgesic agents. Ketamine, an N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist, has recently received attention for this aim. Herein, we study the effect of submuc...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pain medicine
دوره 14 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013