title: [Funicular myelosis--an unusual case of unilateral destruction of the tarsus].
abstract: The presentation includes an unusual destruction of the tarsus of a 64 year old patient with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord caused by chronical vitamin-B12-deficiency. This case report will be shown a systemical disease as a possible cause of localized bone-destruction in differentialdiagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Klinik des Marienstifts Arnstadt.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Forke
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Matzen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klöppel
mesh_terms: D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013628:Talus / Q000294:innervation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*