[Osteonecrosis of a knee joint in a young man with IDDM].
We report a case story where IDDM was diagnosed in a young man due to late complications such as ischaemia in a toe, retinopathy and nephropathy. Due to a prior minor knee trauma he developed osteonecrosis/Charcot joint in his knee eighteen months after diagnosis of IDDM.
Kjaergaard
G H
GH
Sønderborg Sygehus, ortopaedkirurgisk afdeling.
Laursen
J O
JO
D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*