[Neuro-arthropathy, a painless but very destructive disorder of frequently one joint].
In a 38-year-old man who suffered from recurrent painless swelling of the right knee, neuroarthropathy was diagnosed, associated with tabes dorsalis. The patient was treated with a knee brace to stabilise the joint. Neuroarthropathy is a progressive degenerative joint disease caused by a central or a peripheral neurological disorder and causing denervation of the joint.
Geurts
M A
MA
Ziekenhuis Rijnstate, Afd. Reumatologie, Arnhem.
Boog
G J
GJ
van der Graaff
L
L
Meyer
J W
JW
Janssen
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000294:innervation*; D008297:Male; D011677:Punctures; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013606:Tabes Dorsalis / Q000150:complications*