Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
Definition:
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)
Synonyms:
  • Algodystrophic Syndrome
  • Algodystrophies
  • Algodystrophy
  • Atrophies, Sudek's
  • Atrophy, Sudek
  • Atrophy, Sudek's
  • Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophies
  • Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I
  • CPRS Type I
  • CPRS Type Is
  • Dystrophies, Cervical Sympathetic
  • Dystrophies, Reflex Sympathetic
  • Dystrophy, Cervical Sympathetic
  • Dystrophy, Reflex Sympathetic
  • I, CPRS Type
  • Is, CPRS Type
  • Pain Syndrome Type I, Complex Regional
  • Pain Syndrome Type I, Regional, Complex
  • Reflex Dystrophia, Sympathetic
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophies
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
  • RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
  • RSDs (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
  • Shoulder Hand Syndrome
  • Shoulder-Hand Syndrome
  • Shoulder-Hand Syndromes
  • Sudek Atrophy
  • Sudek's Atrophies
  • Sudek's Atrophy
  • Sudeks Atrophy
  • Sympathetic Dystrophies, Cervical
  • Sympathetic Dystrophies, Reflex
  • Sympathetic Dystrophy, Cervical
  • Sympathetic Dystrophy, Reflex
  • Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophia
  • Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophias
  • Syndrome, Algodystrophic
  • Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • Syndrome, Shoulder-Hand
  • Syndromes, Shoulder-Hand
  • Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Type I, CPRS
  • Type Is, CPRS
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