A case of pain, motor impairment, and swelling of the arm after acute herpes zoster infection

作者：Foerster Matti; Umnus Astrid; Siebrecht Dieter; Baron Ralf; Wasner Gunnar

来源：Pain, 2012, 153(12): 2478-2481.

DOI：10.1016/j.pain.2012.08.005

• CRPS II
• Postherpetic neuralgia
• Pain
• Pain management

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) represent neuropathic pain syndromes that may appear with similar clinical signs and symptoms. Medical history and clinical distribution of symptoms and signs (PHN typically at the thorax; CRPS typically at the limbs) is obvious in most cases, helping to discriminate between both disorders. Here, we present a patient suffering from CRPS II following PHN of one upper extremity. This case demonstrates that both etiology and part of the body affected by a neuropathy influence the pain phenotype.

• 出版日期2012-12