Charcot spine.
Identification of a destructive spinal process in the acute setting most commonly is related to infection or neoplasm. In the appropriate clinical setting, Charcot spine, also known as neuropathic spinal arthropathy or spinal neuroarthropathy, should be considered. We present a case of spinal destruction due to spinal neuroarthropathy in a 51-year-old man who had been paraplegic for 13 years, and review the characteristic and potentially differentiating imaging findings of this uncommon process.
Staloch
Michael A
MA
Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A-21, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Hatem
Stephen F
SF
D000058:Accidental Falls; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed