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Chronic central neuropathic pain associated with brain injury

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Link to WHO Definition

Chronic central neuropathic pain associated with brain injury – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/334893123

Chronic central neuropathic pain associated with brain injury is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory cortex, connected brain structures or associated pathways in the brain. History of a plausible brain trauma, pain onset in temporal relation to the trauma, and a pain distribution that is neuroanatomically plausible are required for the diagnosis. Negative (e.g., decreased or loss of sensation) and positive sensory symptoms or signs (e.g., allodynia or hyperalgesia) indicating the involvement of the brain must be present in the body region corresponding to the brain injury.