Infrared thermography in paediatric complex regional pain syndrome.

A 12-year-old girl presented with a 9-month history of pain in the right leg which began after a minor trauma on the right knee. She was not weightbearing and using a wheelchair. Oedema and purplish colour of skin over the right leg and foot (figure 1A) with allodynia and decreased range of motion of knee and ankle were present. Laboratory tests and Doppler ultrasound were normal, infrared thermography (IRT) showed marked temperature asymmetry …