title: [Juvenile tabes arthropathy: a report of three cases].
abstract: The authors report three cases revealed by tabes arthropathy in patients younger than 45 years. The age of patients was respectively 42, 40, 42. The clinical symptoms consisted of a painless knee strain, isolated in one case, associated with radiculocordonal posterior syndrome in two cases. The radiological lesions showed bone destruction. The biological assessment was for a venereal disease. The outcome was disappointing, despite a well conducted treatment. The observation of such cases should suggest a syphilitic origin ahead any advanced painless arthropathy even in young patients.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, Hôpital militaire Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco. yhcameleon@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hsaini
authors.forename: Abdelkrim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karouache
authors.forename: Abdenacer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Kharras
authors.forename: Abdellatif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darbi
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourazza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011859:Radiography; D013606:Tabes Dorsalis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins