title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy in a 14-year-old female.
abstract: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) consists of an extremity with (1) burning or causalgic pain, (2) limitation of motion, (3) edema with or without pitting, (4) dystrophic skin changes, (5) vasomotor phenomena and (6) patchy osteoporosis on x ray. This disease is rare in adolescents, but of patients with RSD up to 8% are between 11 and 19 years of age. Most cases in this age group resolve after immobilization, analgesics or steroid therapy, surgical ganglionic blockade or sympathectomy. This case report is of a 14-year-old girl who was treated with all these measures, but continues to have significant residual deformity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy