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Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome coincident with acute diabetic neuropathy
D Schapira1, S A Barron, M Nahir
1B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathies are considered to be unusual causes of the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. Their coexistence in a patient with this syndrome is rare and considered to be incidental. We report a case in which remission of the syndrome accompanied the resolution of the diabetic neuropathy. A possible pathophysiologic mechanism connecting these conditions is discussed.