title: Sympathetically mediated pain after reduction mammoplasty: an unusual complication.
abstract: We present a case report of a patient who developed an unusual bilateral breast pain syndrome after a reduction mammoplasty. Her symptoms and physical examination findings resolved after four stellate ganglion blocks, of which two on each side were performed over a period of 2 weeks. The case serves to alert clinicians to the possibility of a patient developing a sympathetically mediated pain syndrome after reduction mammoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA 01199, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stueber
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006941:Hyperesthesia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013233:Stellate Ganglion / Q000503:physiopathology*