title: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome and osteogenesis imperfecta. A report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of multifocal reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSDS) in a patient with the tarda form of osteogenesis imperfecta is described, followed by a review of the literature. Microfractures of the trabecular bone in these patients are proposed to be the initial stimulus in the pathogenesis of RSDS by a mechanism similar to the one involved in the pathogenesis of RSDS complicating other diseases associated with bone fragility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, 401 General Army Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karras
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karargiris
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vassilopoulos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karatzetzos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon