Palliative care 2016

Categories of cancer pain

Type

Features Localised Persistent Tenderness

Example Bone mets Cellulitis

Somatic

Myositis

Visceral

Poorly localised

Hepatomegaly Ca Pancreas

Variable

Assoc symptoms

PA nodes

Neuropathic

Nerve distribution

Brachial L Sacral

Shooting pain Paraesthesia

Spinal root