Khalid Fatima, Hassan Syed, Qureshi Sophia, Qureshi Waqas, Amer Syed
Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Case Rep Med. 2012;2012:616125. doi: 10.1155/2012/616125. Epub 2012 Jul 16.
Erythromelalgia is a rare disorder frequently associated with myeloproliferative disorders. We describe a case of elderly patient diagnosed with myeloproliferative disorder in remission. The patient was on aspirin for secondary prevention of stroke and was taken off aspirin and developed erythromelalgia within two weeks of withdrawal of aspirin. After restarting aspirin, patient's symptoms improved within 2 weeks.