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© 1991 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME COMPLICATED BY REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY SYNDROME

M.-A FITZCHARLES and J. M. ESDAILE

Rheumatic Disease Unit, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Correspondence to: Correspondence to Dr Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A IA1, Canada

This report describes three patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy complicating carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain disproportionate and more diffuse than that commonly associated with carpal tunnel syndrome suggested the associated diagnosis in each patient and facilitated prompt management.

KEY WORDS: Entrapment neuropathy, Shoulder-hand syndrome


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