Hemochromatosis-like arthropathy in diabetes mellitus without hemochromatosis.
We describe 3 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who presented with hand pain and swollen joints. All 3 had radiographic changes in the affected joints typical of those associated with hemochromatosis. None of these patients had hemochromatosis. This is the first description of hemochromatosis-like arthropathy in diabetes mellitus without hemochromatosis.
McCarthy
G M
GM
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Rosenthal
A K
AK
Carrera
G F
GF
D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography