Complex regional pain syndrome after thromboendarterectomy: which type is it?
The authors describe a complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and discuss its type according to the presence or absence of nerve injury. A patient underwent thromboendarterectomy of the right popliteal artery. Subsequently, right lower limb reflex sympathetic dystrophy developed, which was confirmed by scintigraphy and responded well to calcitonin treatment. Typing according to the new classification of CRPS type I or II with possible nerve injury is discussed, and a short review of the literature is included.
Baillet
Georges
G
Nuclear Medicine Department, American Hospital, Paris, France.
Planchon
Claude Alain
CA
Tamgac
Feyzi
F
Thomassin
Martine
M
Foult
Jean-Marc
JM
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D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate