Diseases

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)

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Abstract

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)

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

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1965; HAND-SHOULDER SYNDROME was see REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY 1992-95; SHOULDER-HAND SYNDROME & SUDECK'S ATROPHY were headings 1963-95; OSTEOPOROSIS, POST-TRAUMATIC was see SUDECK'S ATROPHY 1992-95

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  1. C10w.177.195w.800
  2. C10w.668w.829w.250w.800

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WL 600

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012019. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012019
  2. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3961690