Case histories Short Case Histories Plantar feet Complex Regional Pain Syndrome right foot, significant increase in sympathetic motor tone right foot 3.7 c colder than left foot. CRPS developed in the right foot after a fractured calcaneum 18 months previously. Weight bearing was painful. Some cases of CRPS are misdiagnosed as psychological or hysterical pain states.
Thermography is able to show characteristic changes if utilised.
A 32 year old housewife and mother presented with acute back pain with right L2 and L3 sensory and motor nerve root involvement. Thermography shows excellent correlation with CT, MRI and Myelography in radiculopathy. Right knee surgery was followed with a painful effusion in the early post operative period. Thermography confirmed a significant inflammatory reaction. 30cc of blood-stained fluid was aspirated.