Pain
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Case Reports
Sympathetically maintained pain of the digits in porphyria cutanea tarda relieved by i.v. regional guanethidine.
A case of a sympathetically maintained pain of the tips of the fingers in a 39-year-old man with porphyria cutanea tarda is presented. Occupational vibrating trauma is the presumed cause. The successful treatment with intravenous regional guanethidine is reported.