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Unilateral Beau's Lines in Childhood Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Author(s) -
O'Toole Edel A.,
Gormally Siobhan,
Drumm Brendan,
Monaghan Hugh,
Watson Rosemarie
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1995.tb00169.x
Subject(s) - dystrophy , reflex , medicine , pathogenesis , anesthesia , pathology
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is characterized by severe pain and autonomic dysfunction in a limb, usually after an injury. We describe a patient with childhood reflex sympathetic dystrophy with unilateral Beau's lines on the nalls of the affected hand. Unilateral Beau's lines have not been described previously In this condition to our knowledge, and we discuss their possible pathogenesis.