Open AccessAssociation of non-traumatic complex regional pain syndrome with adenocarcinoma lung on 99mTc-MDP bone scan
Author(s) -
Nishikant Damle,
Madhavi Tripathi,
Abhinav Singhal,
Chandrasekhar Bal,
Praveen Kumar,
D Kandasamy,
Manisha Jana
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.115397
Subject(s) - medicine , complex regional pain syndrome , etiology , dystrophy , reflex , adenocarcinoma , lung , bone scintigraphy , surgery , pathology , radiology , cancer
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is usually associated with trauma. Rarely, it may be seen in association with malignancies. We present here the bone scan and X-ray findings in the case of a 56-year-male-patient with adenocarcinoma lung who also had non-traumatic CRPS without involvement of the stellate ganglion. The case highlights the fact that spontaneous development of reflex sympathetic dystrophy may be associated with a neoplastic etiology.