Secondary Erythromelalgia: A Case Report.
10.3344/kjp.2013.26.3.299
- 作者:
Byoung Chan KANG
1
;
Da Jeong NAM
;
Eun Kyoung AHN
;
Duck Mi YOON
;
Joung Goo CHO
作者信息
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 出版类型:Case Report
- 关键字:
aspirin;
erythromelalgia;
infrared thermography;
neuropathic pain
- 医学主题词:
Aspirin;
Burns;
Erythromelalgia;
Extremities;
Female;
Hand;
Humans;
Neuralgia;
Thermography;
Thrombocythemia, Essential
- 来源:The Korean Journal of Pain
2013;26(3):299-302
- 国家Republic of Korea
- 语言:English
-
摘要:
Erythromelalgia is a rare neurovascular pain syndrome characterized by a triad of redness, increased temperature, and burning pain primarily in the extremities. Erythromelalgia can present as a primary or secondary form, and secondary erythromelalgia associated with a myeloproliferative disease such as essential thrombocythemia often responds dramatically to aspirin therapy, as in the present case. Herein, we describe a typical case of a 48-year-old woman with secondary erythromelalgia linked to essential thrombocythemia in the unilateral hand. As this case demonstrates, detecting and visualizing the hyperthermal area through infrared thermography of an erythromelalgic patient can assist in diagnosing the patient, assessing the therapeutic results, and understanding the disease course of erythromelalgia.
