Clinical course of a complex regional pain syndrome type II in upper limb

the complex regional pain syndrome type II, also called causalgia, is a rare clinical condition that appears after a traumatic or surgical event with evidence of nervous system involvement. Its clinical presentation is the consequence of a multifactorial pathogenic process that involves peripheral and central mechanisms and has variable clinical manifestations. We present the photographic record of a patient with complex regional syndrome type II.

43-year-old patient who consulted for neuropathic pain during the last four years, of severe intensity, associated with sensory, vasomotor and trophic changes in the right upper limb, as a consequence of neurectomy of the palmar digital nerves of the third finger.

achieving the photographic record of the clinical phases of complex regional pain syndrome type II in its entirety is difficult, because not all patients present all clinical phases, a fact that gives relevance to this case.