The clenched fist syndrome a psychiatric syndrome mimicking reflex sympathetic dystrophy

✍ Scribed by David W. Swift; Sara E. Walker

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 661 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780380109

✦ Synopsis

We describe a patient with swelling and pain in his right hand, which persisted for 1 year after minimal trauma. We think this represents a case of "clenched fist syndrome," a conversion disorder with unique somatic features that is easily mistaken for reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. Included is a comparison of other psychological illnesses in which unusual physical findings involve the hand.