Treatment of occult radiculopathy in complex regional pain syndrome by anterior cervical discectomy and fusion following localization by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose radioligand and PET/MRI: illustrative case
The authors present a case of worsening upper-extremity CRPS with an occult radiculopathy that improved following surgery to address a pain generator identified by FDG PET/MRI. Localization of inflammatory sites can reduce FBSS and nonspecific management of pain believed to be resulting from spinal pain generators in a wide array of chronic pain syndromes. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE24327.
Authors
- Ghani Haider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-2464)
- Ethan Schonfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7633-0450)
- Anand Veeravagu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2929-1695)
- Neelan J. Marianayagam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0804-9274)
- Michael C. Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7709-1551)
- Vivianne L. Tawfik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-2014)
- Keun-Young Yoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5516-9431)
- Sandip Biswal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5794-3403)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case24327
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pain Management and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.64