Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome and osteogenesis imperfecta. A report and review of the literature.
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.
Karras
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Department of Rheumatology, 401 General Army Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Karargiris
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Vassilopoulos
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Karatzetzos
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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