title: Different patterns of extension and recurrence in algodystrophy.
abstract: A true recurrence at exactly the same site is quite unusual in algodystrophy. Local or regional extension is possible. The bone scan is an easy way to demonstrate that the areas successively affected are not the same. An apparent local recurrence could in fact be a microscopic compression fracture of trabecular bone or cortical fractures or part of a factitious disorder.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, C.H.U. d'Angers, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Audran
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pascaretti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bregeon
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Renier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D012968:Etidronic Acid; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012008:Recurrence; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C019561:technetium Tc 99m etidronate; D012968:Etidronic Acid