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Complex regional pain syndrome by vaccination: A case of complex regional pain syndrome after vaccination of influenza A(H1N1)
Author(s) -
Kwun Bum Sun,
Park Jin Woo,
Lee Ho Jun,
Kim Ae Suk,
Ryu Gi Hyeong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2011.03526.x
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , emergency department , vaccination , psychiatry , pathology
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), a clinical disease characterized by hyperalgesia or allodynia, edema, weakness, and vasomotor malfunction, can be divided into types 1 and 2, according to the inducing cause. The pathologic mechanism is not well known. It is mainly reported to occur after the patient has experienced an external wound and nerve injury, or spontaneously. Many cases of CRPS in children and adolescents occur in girls, usually later in childhood. However, the inducing cause cannot be determined in at least 50% of cases. Reports of CRPS generated after a vaccination are rare; thus, the authors report on a case of CRPS generated in a 17-year-old girl following influenza A (H1N1) vaccination.