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Neurogenic arthropathy. Differential diagnosis. 1992

S Arlecchini, and L Busanelli, and C Masetti

Servizio di Neurofisiopatologia, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.

Neurological affections responsible for secondary arthropathic pathology are: tabes, syringomyelia, diabetes mellitus, congenital insensitivity to pain syndrome, alcoholism, leprosy. Each of the affections shows predilection for specific joints: syringomyelia the shoulder, tabes the hip and knee, diabetes mellitus the foot, congenital insensitivity to pain the lower limb, alcoholism the shoulder and knee. The authors discuss two cases of hip arthropathy in previous dorsal myelic fractures.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006621	Hip Joint	The joint that is formed by the articulation of the head of FEMUR and the ACETABULUM of the PELVIS.	Acetabulofemoral Joint,Acetabulofemoral Joints,Hip Joints,Joint, Acetabulofemoral,Joint, Hip,Joints, Acetabulofemoral,Joints, Hip
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001177	Arthropathy, Neurogenic	Chronic progressive degeneration of the stress-bearing portion of a joint, with bizarre hypertrophic changes at the periphery. It is probably a complication of a variety of neurologic disorders, particularly TABES DORSALIS, involving loss of sensation, which leads to relaxation of supporting structures and chronic instability of the joint. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Charcot's Joint,Arthropathies, Neurogenic,Charcot Joint,Charcots Joint,Joint, Charcot's,Neurogenic Arthropathies,Neurogenic Arthropathy