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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Bone metastases mimicking Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Bone metastases mimicking Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I a case report Melchior Huggler1 Rudolf Kissling2 and Florian Brunner 2 Address 1Rehaklinik Bellikon 5454 Bellikon Switzerland and 2Department of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology Balgrist University Hospital Forchstrasse 340 8008 Zurich Switzerland Email Melchior Huggler - Rudolf Kissling - Florian Brunner - Corresponding author Published 17 November 2008 Received I February 2008 . - - .r . - .r Accepted 17 November 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 345 doi 1752-1947-2-345 This article is available from http content 2 1 345 2008 Huggler 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 Since there are no valid tools available for the diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I exclusion of other underlying conditions plays an important role in the diagnostic process. Case presentation A 77-year-old Caucasian man was referred with painful swelling and dysfunction of the right knee. Based on the history and clinical presentation the referring physician assumed a case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I. However after careful evaluation of the differential diagnosis a metastatic urothelial carcinoma was diagnosed. Conclusion Even if the clinical picture resembles Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I the differential diagnosis must be evaluated carefully. Introduction Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 CRPS 1 is a painful disease with clinical features that include sensory- .