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DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1349074
Chronic, Refractory CRPS Involving 3 Limbs: A Case Report
Chronisches therapierefraktäres CRPS mit Einbezug dreier Extremitäten: Ein FallberichtPublikationsverlauf
received 11. Mai 2013
accepted 04. Juni 2013
Publikationsdatum:
16. Juli 2013 (online)
Abstract
We report the case of a 26-year-old woman with CRPS involving consecutively 3 extremities during 8 years. None of the treatments used was effective and each CRPS episode resulted in persistence and chronification of the disease. We suggest that this patient presents a specific subtype of the disease, called “chronic, refractory CRPS” which is extremely severe, disabling and resistant to treatment.
Zusammenfassung
Wir berichten über den Fall einer 26-jährigen Patientin mit CRPS, welches über 8 Jahre konsekutiv 3 Extremitäten befiel. Keine der angewandten Therapien war effektiv und jede CRPS-Episode resultierte in Persistenz und Chronifizierung der Erkrankung. Unserer Ansicht nach repräsentiert diese Patientin mit „chronischem therapierefraktärem CRPS“ einen spezifischen Subtypus der Erkrankung, der extrem schwer, behindernd und therapieresistent verläuft.
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