Different patterns of extension and recurrence in algodystrophy.


Published online: Mar 27 1998

C Masson, M Audran, C Pascaretti, E Legrand, C Bregeon, and J C Renier.

Service de Rhumatologie, C.H.U. d'Angers, France.

Abstract

A true recurrence at exactly the same site is quite unusual in algodystrophy. Local or regional extension is possible. The bone scan is an easy way to demonstrate that the areas successively affected are not the same. An apparent local recurrence could in fact be a microscopic compression fracture of trabecular bone or cortical fractures or part of a factitious disorder.

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