Charcot’s finger: Not to be forgotten
- Author:
Muhammad Kamal MUHAMMAD ABDUL JAMIL
1
;
Rizal ABDUL RANI
1
;
Rajesh SINGH
2
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Malaysia
2. Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Charcot joint;
neuropathic joint;
septic arthritis;
spontaneous deformity
- From:
Brunei International Medical Journal
2013;9(4):257-2561
- CountryBrunei Darussalam
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Charcot joint disease or neuropathic arthropathy is a destructive arthropathy associated with diseases
of the central nervous system. Diabetic neuropathy is the most common cause and largely affects the
tarsal or ankle joints. Upper limb involvement is rare and there is only one well-described report of diabetic neuropathy of the digit in the literature. We present a case of Charcot arthropathy of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the ring finger secondary to diabetes mellitus.
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