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Venous malformations associated with central pain: report of a case
Steven P Cohen1, Salahadin Abdi
1Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. steven.cohen@med.nyu.edu
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|October 29, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
The authors describe an unusual case of central pain (CP) that resulted from giant venous hemangiomas. The patient was treated with a variety of medications, including the N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist dextromethorphan. We report the first known association between venous malformations and CP and briefly describe why the use of dextromethorphan in this disorder requires further evaluation.