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Case Reports
. 1993 Oct 15;12(6):354-7.

[Reflex sympathetic dystrophy]

[Article in Spanish]
J Bayó  1 , A Dalfó, M A Vila, M C Fernández-Aramburu, M J Fernández, A Casasa
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  • PMID: 8218818
Case Reports

[Reflex sympathetic dystrophy]

[Article in Spanish]
J Bayó et al. Aten Primaria. .

Abstract

Objective: The description of three cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Design: Retrospective clinical observations.

Setting: Gòtic basic Health Area, Barcelona.

Patients and other participants: Two women and a man (aged 75, 65 and 56) with mechanical pain and inflammation in the extremities. Two of the cases had a case history of trauma. Radiological signs of mottled osteoporosis were observed in the affected extremities of all the patients. In one there was gammagraphic pick-up. They were diagnosed as suffering reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Interventions: Rehabilitation, non-steroid anti-inflammatories and treatment with Calcitonin.

Measurements and main results: Clinical and complementary diagnostic trials.

Conclusions: Describing the clinical presentation and the necessary complementary trials to be able to reach an early diagnosis of this illness, which provides a better prognosis.

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