Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Factitious lymphoedema as a psychiatric condition mimicking reflex sympathetic dystrophy: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Factitious lymphoedema as a psychiatric condition mimicking reflex sympathetic dystrophy a case report Nnamdi Nwaejike 1 HAP Archbold2 and Darrin S Wilson2 Address Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Barts and The London NHS Trust The Royal London Hospital London E1 1BB UK and 2Department of Fractures and Orthopaedics The Royal Victoria Hospital Grosvenor Road Belfast BT12 BA UK Email Nnamdi Nwaejike - justnnamdi@ HAP Archbold - poolerarchbold@ Darrin S Wilson - wilsondarrin@ Corresponding author f Published 24 June 2008 Received 9 September 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 216 doi 1752-1947-2-216 Accepted 24 June 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 216 2008 Nwaejike et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction Reflex sympathetic dystrophy can result in severe disability with only one in five patients able to fully resume prior activities. Therefore it is important to diagnose this condition early and begin appropriate treatment. Factitious lymphoedema can mimic reflex sympathetic dystrophy and is caused by self-inflicted tourniquets blows to the arm or repeated skin irritation. Patients with factitious lymphoedema have an underlying psychiatric disorder but usually present to emergency or orthopaedics departments. Factitious lymphoedema can then be misdiagnosed as reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The treatment for factitious lymphoedema is dealing with the underlying psychiatric condition. Case presentation We share our experience of treating a .
