title: Massive Charcot spinal disease deformity in a patient presenting with increasing abdominal girth and discomfort. Case report.
abstract: Charcot spinal disease is a destructive degenerative process involving the vertebrae and surrounding discs, resulting from repetitive microtrauma in patients who have decreased joint protective mechanisms due to loss of deep pain and proprioceptive sensation. The typical presentation of the disease is back pain and progressive spinal instability and deformity. The authors report an unusual case of massive Charcot spinal disease deformity in a patient presenting with increasing abdominal girth and discomfort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences and Spine Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
authors.forename: Frank S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Dailey
authors.forename: Meic H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed