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ArticleSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2019

[Undetected coccyx fracture in a woman with fibromyalgia].

Alexander Ranker, Bernd Wegener, Andreas Winkelmann, Dominik Irnich

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Article in Schmerz (Berlin, Germany), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander RankerKlinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland. alexander.ranker@gmail.com.
Bernd WegenerKlinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Andreas WinkelmannKlinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Deutschland.
Dominik IrnichInterdisziplinäre Schmerzambulanz, Klinikum der Universität München - Campus Innenstadt, LMU München, Pettenkoferstr. 8a, 80336, München, Deutschland.
Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents the case of a 46-year-old woman with fibromyalgia with an undetected fracture of the coccyx. The heterogeneity of the symptoms of patients suffering from fibromyalgia including chronic widespread pain, vegetative and functional disorders, mental and physical exhaustion as well as sleep disorders can cause accidentally undetected comorbidities, especially if these are rare and predominantly present with pain as the main symptom. In the present case the reason for symptoms was detected only after 14 months of ineffective therapies and diagnostic procedures. The coccygeal pain was eliminated through a coccygectomy as ultima ratio. It should be nevertheless emphasized that patients with fibromyalgia suffer from a central pain-processing disorder. Indications for operative treatment must be very carefully considered. Surgery should only be considered in consultation with the patient and after failed conservative therapy.

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FibromyalgiaLow Back PainSpinal FracturesCoccyxDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMusculoskeletal PainCoccygectomyCoccygodyniaCoccyx fractureFibromyalgiaFibromyalgia syndrome

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PMID31286239
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