title: Neuropathic pain with features of complex regional syndrome in the upper extremity after herpes zoster.
abstract: We report a case of a 73-year-old female who developed unbearable neuropathic pain after a herpes zoster episode. The pain persisted and could not be controlled despite multimodal analgesia. In addition to postherpetic neuralgia, myelitis and complex regional pain syndrome were diagnosed during the evolution of neuropathic pain. This complex neuropathic pain was resolved after sympathetic ganglion block.
authors: Pain Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Treatment, Clinic Hospital, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Giménez-Milà
authors: Carme
authors: C
authors: Busquets
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Ojeda
authors: Adela
authors: A
authors: Faulí
authors: Luis Alfonso
authors: LA
authors: Moreno
authors: Sebastian
authors: S
authors: Videla
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009187:Myelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D051474:Neuralgia, Postherpetic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology
keywords: complex regional pain syndromes; myelitis; postherpetic neuralgia; sympathetic block