Journal article
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Children
Clinical orthopaedics and related research, Vol.258, pp.225-231
09/1990
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199009000-00028
PMID: 2394049
Abstract
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is an uncommonly reported entity in children. This paper reports five cases of RSD in children and summarizes80 cases of pediatric RSD reported in the literature. The diagnosis is based on the clinical findings of pain, dysesthesia, and autonomic instability. Tache cérébrale, not previously described in the diagnosis of RSD, is a helpful sign of vasomotordys function. RSD in childhood frequently affects the lower extremities, in contrast to the adult localization around the shoulders and hands. Noninvasive, nonpharmacologic management is generally successful. A simple outpatient program of massage and mobilization was beneficial in four of the five patients treated in this study.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Children
- Creators
- FREDERICK R DIETZKATHERINE D MATHEWSWILLIAM J MONTGOMERY
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical orthopaedics and related research, Vol.258, pp.225-231
- DOI
- 10.1097/00003086-199009000-00028
- PMID
- 2394049
- ISSN
- 0009-921X
- eISSN
- 1528-1132
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1990
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurology (Pediatrics)
- Record Identifier
- 9984020729902771
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