[Sudeck's bone atrophy after leg phlebography - a case study of an unusual complication (author's transl)].

In a 39-year old man, a painful oedema had formed at the back of the foot perimalleolary one day after paravasal contrast medium injection following ascending phlebography. 8 weeks later, the x-ray film showed a maculate Sudeck's bone atrophy in the region of the toes, ankles and the heel. Sudeck's bone atrophy had obviously developed on account of a specific vegetative reactivity, subsequent to the local inflammation.