Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome : a Comprehensive Review

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Post-stroke pain represents a complex condition with few standardized diagnostic criteria. As such, the array of symptoms is often difficult to categorize and diagnose. Central post-stroke pain (CPSP), also known as Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, presents as painful paresthesia in any part of the body that is usually coupled with sensory abnormalities.

RECENT FINDINGS: In patients who had experienced a cerebrovascular accident, CPSP typically affects the same areas of the body that are also impacted by the general motor and sensory deficits that result from stroke. Though it is generally debated, CPSP is thought to result from a lesion in any part of the central nervous system. Pain usually presents in the range of 3-6 months after the occurrence of stroke, manifesting contralaterally to the lesion, and most commonly involving the upper extremities. For the most accurate diagnosis of CPSP, a thorough history and clinical examination should be supplemented with imaging. Infarcted areas of the brain can be visualized using either CT or MRI. First-line treatment of CPSP is pharmacologic and consists of a three-drug regimen. Despite this, CPSP is often refractory to medical management producing only modest pain reduction in a limited subset of patients. Adverse effects associated with pharmacologic management of CPSP and frequent recalcitrance to treatment have driven alternative minimally invasive methods of pain control which include transcranial stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and neuromodulation. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive update to recent advances in the understanding of the treatment and management of CPSP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Current pain and headache reports - 24(2020), 9 vom: 15. Juli, Seite 48

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Urits, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Gress, Kyle [VerfasserIn]
Charipova, Karina [VerfasserIn]
Orhurhu, Vwaire [VerfasserIn]
Freeman, John A [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Rachel J [VerfasserIn]
Kaye, Alan D [VerfasserIn]
Cornett, Elyse [VerfasserIn]
Delahoussaye, Paul J [VerfasserIn]
Viswanath, Omar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Central nervous system
Central post-stroke pain
Cerebrovascular accident
Dejerine–Roussy
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 01.07.2021

Date Revised 01.07.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11916-020-00887-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312479352