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Classroom classification

百科

Neuropathic arthropathy

骨外科

Common symptoms

胀痛

The pathology of disease

Neuropathic arthropathy (Charcot joint) is progressive joint destruction from loss of sensation; diabetes (foot); syphilis (tabes dorsalis, knee); painless swelling.

Symptoms

Painless swollen deformed joint; warmth; erythema; bony debris; ankle/foot in diabetes; knee in syphilis

Causes

Diabetic neuropathy; tabes dorsalis; syringomyelia; spinal cord injury.

Treatment

Offloading; total contact cast; foot orthosis; surgical stabilization; control diabetes

Dept

Orthopedic / endocrinology / rheumatology.

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