title: Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (HSAN Type IV), Extremely Rare Syndrome that Can Be Easily Missed by Bone and Joint Surgeons: A Case Report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis is an extremely rare disorder in which injuries can often be missed by patient, parents and even by orthopedic surgeon. Pain and tenderness, on which a trauma team so much depends to make a clinical diagnosis and to decide whether to go for radiological evaluation can be misleading in this rare syndrome. So complete clinical examination still forms the corner stone to avoid misdiagnosis and pick up the rare disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a 5 year old girl child, who was brought to us as a case of one and a half month old neglected trauma left leg and was diagnosed to be suffering from congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (HSAN Type IV).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis is extremely rare entity, in which patients are subjected to repeated injuries which are often neglected. There is no specific treatment but patient training and parent education are key to avoid further neglect and damage.
authors: Department of Orthopedics Postgraduate, Govt. Medical College Jammu.
authors: Nadeem
authors: N
authors: Ali
authors: Sudesh
authors: S
authors: Sharma
authors: Sonali
authors: S
authors: Sharma
authors: Younis
authors: Y
authors: Kamal
authors: Sushil
authors: S
authors: Sharma
keywords: Anhidrosis; Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis; Hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy; Hyperpyrexia; Osteoacrolysis