1. Heroin-induced rhabdomyolysis as a cause of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
- Author
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Lee BF, Chiu NT, Chen WH, Liu GC, and Yu HS
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- Adult, Calcitonin therapeutic use, Humans, Male, Radionuclide Imaging, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy drug therapy, Rhabdomyolysis drug therapy, Heroin Dependence complications, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy chemically induced, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy diagnostic imaging, Rhabdomyolysis chemically induced
- Abstract
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is an excessive or abnormal response of the sympathetic nervous system in an extremity to an injury or other condition. The authors describe a 37-year-old man who experienced constant pain and vasomotor instability in both feet after nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis secondary to smoking heroin. Three-phase bone scintigraphy was performed and revealed significantly increased blood-flow, blood-pool, and delayed-phase radioactivity. The follow-up three-phase bone scinitigram showed less radiotracer uptake that was consistent with a good response to calcitonin therapy. Heroin-induced rhabdomyolysis should be added to the list of precipitating conditions that can induce this syndrome.
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- 2001
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