Tachon's syndrome (suracute back and/or thoracic pain following local injections of corticosteroids). A report of 318 French cases

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-68

  Berthelot, Jean Marie ^a   Tortellier, Laetitia ^a   Guillot, Pascale ^a   Prost, Alain ^a   Caumon, Jean Pierre ^a   Glemarec, Joëlle ^a   Maugars, Yves ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Back pain; Corticosteroid; Injections; Nicolau; Side effects; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTIVAZOL; DIPROSTENE; HYDROCORTISONE; PARAMETHASONE; PARAMETHASONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALLOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TACHON SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BACK PAIN; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; URTICARIA;

EID: 12844252666     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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