Stellate ganglion block successfully relieved medically unexplained chronic pain: a case report

Medically unexplained symptoms refers to a clinical syndrome characterized by somatic symptoms that cannot be reasonably explained by any organic disease. Chronic pain can be a type of medically unexplained symptom. The current treatment modalities for chronic pain mainly include drugs and psychotherapy. The use of stellate ganglion block for treatment of chronic pain has rarely been reported. Herein, we report a patient whose chronic pain was completely relieved after receiving a stellate ganglion block.

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Medcally unexplained symptoms refer to a clinical syndrome characterized by somatic symptoms that cannot be reasonably explained by any organic disease, with chronic pain being a type of such symptom. Current treatment modalities for chronic pain mainly include drugs and psychotherapy, with the use of stellate ganglion block being rarely reported. In this report, a patient's chronic pain was completely relieved after receiving a stellate ganglion block.