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.
Nuclear Medicine Department, American Hospital, Paris, France.
Georges
G
Baillet
Claude Alain
CA
Planchon
Feyzi
F
Tamgac
Martine
M
Thomassin
Jean-Marc
JM
Foult
D000368:Aged; D002422:Causalgia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate