A sleeping phantom leg awakened following hemicolectomy, thrombosis, and chemotherapy: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>We describe the case of a patient who experienced phantom pain that began 42 years after right above-the-knee amputation. Immediately prior to phantom pain onset, this long-term amputee had experienced, in rapid succession, cancer,...

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Main Authors: Georgiou-Karistianis Nellie, Nicholls Michael ER, Bradshaw John L, Giummarra Melita J, Gibson Stephen J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/203