title: Successful thoracoscopic sympathectomy for primary erythromelalgia in the upper extremities.
abstract: Erythromelalgia is known as a rare syndrome of unknown etiology, characterized by redness with burning pain, edema associated with increased skin temperature in the upper and/or lower extremities. Various treatments such as drug therapies and sympathetic blockade were reported. We report two cases including a 57-year-old woman and a 64-year-old woman, showing the successful clinical outcome by bilateral thoracoscopic sympathectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Kyoji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Atsuhiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D004916:Erythromelalgia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013562:Sympathectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000601:surgery