Complex regional pain syndrome (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) in a patient with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia and chronic hepatitis C
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ankur, Bant; Bertram, Hurowitz; Nadeem, Hassan; Van Thiel, Du; Abdul, Nadir
- Source
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 57(2)
- Subject
- Liver Cirrhosis
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Cryoglobulinemia
Humans
Female
Comorbidity
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Middle Aged
- Language
- ISSN
- 0030-9982
Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia (EMC) is a common extra-hepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type I (CRPS) or Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) has never been reported in association with HCV. This is the first case report of RSD in a patient with HCV related cirrhosis and EMC.