Traumatic Knee Injury Resulting in RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) - Medical Illustration, Human Anatomy Drawing
This medical illustration series dramatically depicts a traumatic knee injury resulting in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD0 with subsequent treatment . The pain pathway of RSD, also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, or CRPS, is shown originating in the knee, following a course to the brain, triggering a sympathetic inflammatory response of the blood vessels in the leg, resulting in pain, swelling and skin mottling. Also displays a nerve block injection of anesthetic into the sympathetic chain ganglia in the lumbar region.