title: Chronic, refractory CRPS involving 3 limbs: a case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 26-year-old woman with CRPS involving consecutively 3 extremities during 8 years. None of the treatments used was effective and each CRPS episode resulted in persistence and chronification of the disease. We suggest that this patient presents a specific subtype of the disease, called "chronic, refractory CRPS" which is extremely severe, disabling and resistant to treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Hand Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland. azyluk@hotmail.com
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authors.lastname: Zyluk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005528:Foot; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000150:complications; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications