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Loin pain hematuria syndrome-visceral or neuropathic pain syndrome?

Abstract

Loin pain hematuria syndrome (LPHS) is a rare pain syndrome, which is somewhat poorly characterized and challenging to treat. The condition of LPHS is still controversial and there is no consensus of validated diagnostic criteria or optimal treatment strategies. The epidemiology of LPHS is unknown and the mechanisms/etiologies contributing to LPHS remain uncertain. There exists some debate whether LPHS represents neuropathic pain or visceral pain. Curiously, for such a controversial pain syndrome there is substantially more written in the literature regarding surgical-type treatments than conservative treatments. A brief review of LPHS potential pathophysiology and potential treatment approaches is presented.

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    • Authors

    Smith HS, Bajwa ZH

    Institution

    Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA. smithh@mail.amc.edu

    Source

    The Clinical journal of pain 28:7 2012 Sep pg 646-51

    MeSH

    Hematuria
    Humans
    Neuralgia
    Visceral Pain

    Pub Type(s)

    Journal Article
    Review

    Language

    eng

    PubMed ID

    22699133