Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

A syndrome characterized by severe burning pain in an extremity accompanied by sudomotor, vasomotor, and trophic changes in bone without an associated specific nerve injury. This condition is most often precipitated by trauma to soft tissue or nerve complexes. The skin over the affected region is usually erythematous and demonstrates hypersensitivity to tactile stimuli and erythema. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1360; Pain 1995 Oct;63(1):127-33)

Also Known As:

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome; Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; Syndrome, Shoulder-Hand; Algodystrophic Syndrome; CRPS Type I; Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophy; Pain Syndrome Type I, Complex Regional; RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy); Sudek's Atrophy; Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophia; Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Algodystrophies; Atrophies, Sudek's; Atrophy, Sudek; Atrophy, Sudek's; CRPS Type Is; Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophies; Dystrophies, Cervical Sympathetic; Dystrophies, Reflex Sympathetic; Dystrophy, Cervical Sympathetic; Dystrophy, Reflex Sympathetic; RSDs (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy); Reflex Dystrophia, Sympathetic; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophies; Shoulder Hand Syndrome; Shoulder-Hand Syndromes; Sudek's Atrophies; Sudeks Atrophy; Sympathetic Dystrophies, Cervical; Sympathetic Dystrophies, Reflex; Sympathetic Dystrophy, Cervical; Sympathetic Dystrophy, Reflex; Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophias; Syndrome, Algodystrophic; Syndromes, Shoulder-Hand; Type I, CRPS; Algodystrophy; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I; Pain Syndrome Type I, Regional, Complex; Shoulder-Hand Syndrome; Sudek Atrophy

Nervous System Diseases: 14178
- Neuromuscular Diseases: 2005
  - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases: 11383
    - Complex Regional Pain Syndromes: 1133
      - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: 802
- Autonomic Nervous System Diseases: 722
  - Complex Regional Pain Syndromes: 1133
    - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: 802

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