Complex regional pain syndrome after thromboendarterectomy: which type is it?

Abstract

The authors describe a complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and discuss its type according to the presence or absence of nerve injury. A patient underwent thromboendarterectomy of the right popliteal artery. Subsequently, right lower limb reflex sympathetic dystrophy developed, which was confirmed by scintigraphy and responded well to calcitonin treatment. Typing according to the new classification of CRPS type I or II with possible nerve injury is discussed, and a short review of the literature is included.

• Authors: Georges Baillet, Claude Alain Planchon, Feyzi Tamgac, Martine Thomassin, Jean-Marc Foult
• Journal: Clinical nuclear medicine (Clin Nucl Med) Vol. 27 Issue 9 Pg. 619-21 (Sep 2002) ISSN: 0363-9762 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12192276 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Radiopharmaceuticals
• technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate
• Technetium Tc 99m Medronate

Topics

• Aged
• Causalgia (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (etiology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Endarterectomy (adverse effects)
• Foot (diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Male
• Popliteal Artery (surgery)
• Radionuclide Imaging
• Radiopharmaceuticals
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
• Technetium Tc 99m Medronate (analogs & derivatives)
• Vascular Diseases (complications, surgery)
• Whole-Body Counting