Central neuropathic pain

• Autor(a) principal: Garcia,João Batista Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Barbosa Neto,José Osvaldo, Amâncio,Edson José, Andrade,Erich Talamoni Fonoff de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Dor
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-00132016000500067
• topic: Central neuropathic pain; Central pain; Chronic neuropathic pain

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Central pain, classified as neuropathic, is defined as a painful syndrome caused by injury to central nervous system structures. This is one of the most complexes, intriguing and difficult to treat syndromes. This study aimed at promoting a narrative review including the concept of central pain, its intercurrent symptoms which are important for the diagnosis, and different available treatments, indications, results and complications. CONTENTS: Relevant articles available in Medline, Scielo, Cochrane Library and Pubmed databases in the last 10 years were selected by means of keywords: chronic neuropathic pain, central neuropathic pain, central pain. CONCLUSION: Central painful syndrome is diagnosed by means of neurological clinical evaluation. It is often refractory to clinical and neuromodulatory treatment, its management should be multimodal and allow for rehabilitation.