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Hand and Wrist: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

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Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome is a chronic neurologic neuropathic pain disorder. It is distinct from other pain syndromes by autonomic dysfunction, persistent regional inflammatory changes, and a lack of dermatomal distribution. This chapter describes the etiopathogenesis, clinical features, subtypes, diagnostic criteria, and the role of conventional radiological and Bone SPECT/CT in diagnosing and managing CRPS.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ujwal Bhure

  2. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland

    Ujwal Bhure

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Ujwal Bhure

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Bhure, U., Strobel, K. (2023). Hand and Wrist: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_66

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