Abstract
Rationale: Cancer-related neuropathic pain often responds poorly to standard pain treatments. Scrambler therapy has relieved refractory chronic pain in several uncontrolled clinical trials. Patient concerns: An 11-year-old female patient was suffering from left groin and medial thigh pain after irradiation to the knee. The girl was diagnosed with precursor B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia 2 years ago. Extramedullary relapse of leukemia developed 1 month ago and pain had started. She was treated with oral medications, but she was continuously complaining of severe pain. Diagnosis: Neuropathic pain caused by obturator nerve involvement in leukemia. Intervention: Scrambler therapy. Outcome: Pain reduction. Lessons: Scrambler therapy is noninvasive, is not associated with any complications, causes minimal discomfort during treatment, and is very effective in a pediatric patient with cancer-related neuropathic pain.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e8629 |
| Journal | Medicine (United States) |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 45 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © 2017 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
Keywords
- child
- leukemia
- neuropathic pain
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