Neuropathic Pain Syndromes. 5: Other Neurological Conditions

In the Chap. 5, we describe other neurological conditions without research on postherpetic neuralgia, CRPS, diabetic and other neuropathies, and phantom limb pain, or the unique issues associated with them. Hence, Chaps. 1– 4, written by Antoun Nader, Taruna Penmetcha, Michiaki Yamakage, and Wolfgang Hamann are described in detail. Depending on the site to be impaired, neuropathic pain can be divided into peripheral neuropathic pain or central neuropathic pain [1] and cancer-associated neuropathic pain. The four diseases mentioned in Chaps. 1– 4 are classified as peripheral neuropathic pain: carpal tunnel syndrome, meralgia paresthesia, trigeminal neuralgia, and post-thoracotomy pain and so on are residual diseases of peripheral neuropathic pain to be described in this chapter. Central neuropathic pain includes central post-stroke pain, multiple sclerosis pain, Parkinson’s disease pain, spinal cord injury pain, and syringomyelia. Cancer-associated neuropathic pain contains chemotherapy-induced polyneuropathy, neuropathy secondary to tumor infiltration or nerve compression, phantom breast pain, postmastectomy pain, and post-radiation plexopathy and myelopathy. Classifications of “definite,” “possible,” and “unlikely” have been proposed when neuropathic pain is clinically diagnosed [2].