erythromelalgia
Erythromelalgia in a 77-year-old woman with longstanding polycythemia vera
Meaning
Noun
- A rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.
Related
Similar words
Narrower meaning words
- primary erythromelalgia, idiopathic erythromelalgia
- secondary erythromelalgia
Origin
- Derived from the Greek words erythros ("red"), melos ("limb") and algos ("pain"); first used in 1878 by Silas Weir Mitchell to describe a syndrome of red congestion and burning pain in the hands and feet.
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