Successful treatment of acute worsening complex regional pain syndrome in affected dominant right-hand from secondary pathology of new onset third and fourth digit trigger finger

Monika Patel; Michael Aiello

doi:10.1080/23320885.2022.2063871

Successful treatment of acute worsening complex regional pain syndrome in affected dominant right-hand from secondary pathology of new onset third and fourth digit trigger finger

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2022 Apr 27;9(1):123-125. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2022.2063871. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Monika Patel¹, Michael Aiello²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Management, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Abstract

65 year old male with preexisting Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in right dominant hand with sudden onset of right third and fourth digit trigger finger successfully treated with flexor tendon sheath corticosteroid and lidocaine injection resulting in long-term resolution of symptoms without causing widely believed aggravation of CRPS.

Keywords: CRPS; Complex regional pain syndrome; stenosing tenosynovitis; tendon sheath injection; trigger finger.

Publication types

Case Reports