A new case of insufficiency fracture in a patient with tabes dorsalis.
A new case of insufficiency fracture in a patient with tabes dorsalis is reported. Whereas the osteoarthropathies and bone lesions due to tabes dorsalis are well known, only one other case responsible for bone loss has been reported in the medical literature.
Marc
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Rheumatology Department, Purpan Teaching Hospital, Toulouse, France.
Dromer
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C
Sixou
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L
Fournié
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B
D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D000368:Aged; D001175:Arthrography; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000150:complications; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013606:Tabes Dorsalis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed