Objective: The description of three cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
Design: Retrospective clinical observations.
Setting: Gòtic basic Health Area, Barcelona.
Patients and other participants: Two women and a man (aged 75, 65 and 56) with mechanical pain and inflammation in the extremities. Two of the cases had a case history of trauma. Radiological signs of mottled osteoporosis were observed in the affected extremities of all the patients. In one there was gammagraphic pick-up. They were diagnosed as suffering reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
Interventions: Rehabilitation, non-steroid anti-inflammatories and treatment with Calcitonin.
Measurements and main results: Clinical and complementary diagnostic trials.
Conclusions: Describing the clinical presentation and the necessary complementary trials to be able to reach an early diagnosis of this illness, which provides a better prognosis.