Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Is Safe and Relieves Post-Herpetic Neuralgia in Patient with Dermatomyositis: A Case Report  

作　　者：Rafael Giovani Misse Alexandre Moura dos Santos Abrahão Fontes Baptista Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo Rafael Giovani Misse;Alexandre Moura dos Santos;Abrahão Fontes Baptista;Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo(Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;Center for Mathematics, Computation, and Cognition, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil)

机构地区：[1]Division of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sã o Paulo, Sã o Paulo, Brazil [2]Center for Mathematics, Computation, and Cognition, Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Sã o Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

出　　处：《Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases》2022年第4期114-118,共5页风湿病与自身免疫疾病期刊（英文）

摘　　要：To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature showing the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in treating refractory post-herpetic neuralgia in a patient with dermatomyositis. In addition, our results showed that tDCS sessions are safe and do not lead to disease relapse. Therefore, despite the limitations of being a case report, this study provides encouraging results that need to be widely explored in studies with a representative number of patients and with an appropriate design for patients with this systemic rheumatic autoimmune disease.To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature showing the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in treating refractory post-herpetic neuralgia in a patient with dermatomyositis. In addition, our results showed that tDCS sessions are safe and do not lead to disease relapse. Therefore, despite the limitations of being a case report, this study provides encouraging results that need to be widely explored in studies with a representative number of patients and with an appropriate design for patients with this systemic rheumatic autoimmune disease.

关 键 词：Cerebral Neuromodulation DERMATOMYOSITIS NEURALGIA PAIN Treatment 

分 类 号：U28[交通运输工程—交通信息工程及控制]