Title |
A sleeping phantom leg awakened following hemicolectomy, thrombosis, and chemotherapy: a case report
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Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1752-1947-5-203 |
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Authors |
Melita J Giummarra, John L Bradshaw, Michael ER Nicholls, Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis, Stephen J Gibson |
Abstract |
We describe the case of a patient who experienced phantom pain that began 42 years after right above-the-knee amputation. Immediately prior to phantom pain onset, this long-term amputee had experienced, in rapid succession, cancer, hemicolectomy, chemotherapy, and thrombotic occlusion. Very little has been published to date on the association between chemotherapy and exacerbation of neuropathic pain in amputees, let alone the phenomenon of bringing about pain in amputees who have been pain-free for many decades. While this patient presented with a unique profile following a rare sequence of medical events, his case should be recognized considering the frequent co-occurrence of osteomyelitis, chemotherapy, and amputation. |
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