We present a right-hemispheric stroke patient with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Symptoms of CRPS developed in conjunction with a corresponding elevation of the contralateral thalamic flow when the glycosylated hemoglobin values were high (16.1% and 13.4%), twice observed as migration from the bottom to the top location of the thalamus. CRPS improved after the glycosylated hemoglobin l...

Patients with chronic neuropathic pain (non-CRPS) and brush-evoked allodynia watched a reflected image of their corresponding but opposite skin region being brushed in a mirror. Unlike complex regional pain syndrome Type 1, this process did not evoke any sensation at the affected area ('dysynchiria'). We conclude that central nociceptive sensitisation alone is not sufficient to cause dysynchiri...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to elucidate the relationships between alexithymia, psychological distress, and pain in persons with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). METHODS Participants were 60 Israeli adults ages 19-65. This is a cross sectional study with a comparison group. Alexithymia, psychological distress, and pain were assessed in 30 individuals with CRPS in comparison to 30 gender- ...

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic complex disorder that significantly affects the quality of life people suffering from it. This extremities after trauma or nerve injury. Hyperalgesia and allodynia often accompany this condition. Diagnosing treating disease very complex. The Budapest criteria are currently most widely accepted diagnostic criteria. Early diagnosis treatment esse...

The complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling neuropathic pain condition that may develop following injuries of the extremities. The pathogenesis of this syndrome is not clear; however, it includes complex interactions between the nervous and the immune system resulting in chronic inflammation, pain and trophic changes. This interaction may be mediated by chronic stress which is thou...

Objective—To elucidate the real impact in the medical literature of the diVerent denominations for reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). Methods—A search was performed through the Medline database (WinSPIRS, SilverPlatter International, NS), from 1995 to 1999, including the following descriptors: RSD, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), CRPS type I, algodystrophy, Sudeck, shoulder-hand syndrom...

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a complex syndrome with a plethora of signs and symptoms that vary, both among individuals and with the progression of the disease over time (1). Five clinical types of RSD are recognized, including minor causalgia, minor traumatic dystrophy, shoulder hand syndrome, major causalgia and major traumatic dystrophy. The term ‘causalgia’ (burning pain) is reserv...

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a syndrome defined as a state of constant burning and pain which is severe, incapacitating, and is aggravated by even a breeze or a simple touch to the involved area (allodynia). In our review of 824 CRPS patients, the pain of CRPS is accompanied by swelling, inflammation, disturbance of the immune system function, movement disorder (flexion spasm, tremo...

COMPLEX regional pain syndrome (CRPS), previously known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), is used to describe a syndrome of pain and sudomotor or vasomotor instability. This pain syndrome usually has an initiating noxious event in the periphery, is not limited to the distribution of a single nerve, and is disproportionate to the inciting event. The Consensus Conference of the International...

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a relatively rare, chronic, and debilitating condition that significantly impacts the patient's quality of life. There is an overall paucity of literature addressing the management of CRPS in immunocompromised patients. We define features of CRPS, outline its treatment options, and describe a course of CRPS management for a 35-year-old patient who had he...