title: [Reflex sympathetic dystrophy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The description of three cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective clinical observations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gòtic basic Health Area, Barcelona.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two women and a man (aged 75, 65 and 56) with mechanical pain and inflammation in the extremities. Two of the cases had a case history of trauma. Radiological signs of mottled osteoporosis were observed in the affected extremities of all the patients. In one there was gammagraphic pick-up. They were diagnosed as suffering reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rehabilitation, non-steroid anti-inflammatories and treatment with Calcitonin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical and complementary diagnostic trials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Describing the clinical presentation and the necessary complementary trials to be able to reach an early diagnosis of this illness, which provides a better prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Area Básica de Salud Gòtic, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bayó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalfó
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fernández-Aramburu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casasa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Distrofia simpática refleja.