title: Causalgia: clarifications in terminology and a case presentation.
abstract: By way of literature review, clarifications are made in the terminology employed in discussing the atypical post-traumatic pain syndromes, particularly reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). Causalgia is a form of RSD and is the focus of a case report presented from the files at St. Anne's Hospital-West, Northlake, Illinois.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002422:Causalgia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004916:Erythromelalgia / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D012086:Reoperation; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000601:surgery; D009626:Terminology as Topic