title: [Neuro-arthropathy, a painless but very destructive disorder of frequently one joint].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Rijnstate, Afd. Reumatologie, Arnhem.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Boog
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van der Graaff
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janssen
mesh_terms: 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*