dictionary help| posttraumatic osteoporosis --> Sudeck's atrophy | medical dictionary |
Atrophy of bones, commonly of the carpal or tarsal bones, following a slight injury such as a sprain.
See: causalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
Synonyms: acute reflex bone atrophy, posttraumatic osteoporosis, Sudeck's syndrome.
Origin: L. English sweat
(05 Mar 2000)
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