ReviewThe Korean journal of pain2017
Bone scintigraphy in patients with pain.
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- Prospective randomized study of the vitamin C effect on pain and complex pain regional syndrome after total knee arthroplasty.International orthopaedics · 2021Trial
- MRI-based extensor carpi ulnaris tendon cross-sectional area as a quantitative biomarker for extensor carpi ulnaris tenosynovitis.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Criteria and Technical Evaluation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Diagnostic Performance of Infrared Thermography, Quantitative Sudomotor Axonal Reflex Testing, and 3-Phase Bone Scintigraphy for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Diagnosis: A Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- A brief review of complex regional pain syndrome and current management.Annals of medicine · 2024Review
- Shedding light on neuropathic pain: Current and emerging tools for diagnosis, screening, and quantification.SAGE open medicine · 2024Review
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- Glomus Tumor of the Lower Extremity Previously Misdiagnosed as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Close Proximity to a Myxofibrosarcoma: A Case Report.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022Article
- Atypical presentation of complex regional pain syndrome: neuropathic itching - A case report.Anesthesia and pain medicine · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Performance of Three-Phase Bone Scintigraphy and Digital Infrared Thermography Imaging for Chronic Post-Traumatic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Leriche Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in a Patient with Neuropathic Pain Caused by a Chip Fracture: A Case Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- The predictive role of the posterior tibial tendon cross-sectional area in early diagnosing posterior tibial tendon dysfunction.Medicine · 2020Observational
- Successful removal of permanent spinal cord stimulators in patients with complex regional pain syndrome after complete relief of pain.The Korean journal of pain · 2019Article
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Abstract
Nuclear medicine imaging is widely used in pain medicine. Low back pain is commonly encountered by physicians, with its prevalence from 49% to 70%. Computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are usually used to evaluate the cause of low back pain, however, these findings from these scans could also be observed in asymptomatic patients. Bone scintigraphy has an additional value in patients with low back pain. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is defined as a painful disorder of the extremities, which is characterized by sensory, autonomic, vasomotor, and trophic disturbances. To assist the diagnosis of CRPS, three-phase bone scintigraphy is thought to be superior compared to other modalities, and could be used to rule out CRPS due to its high specificity. Studies regarding the effect of bone scintigraphy in patients with extremity pain have not been widely conducted. Ultrasound, CT and MRI are widely used imaging modalities for evaluating extremity pain. However, SPECT/CT has an additional role in assessing pain in the extremities.
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