title: Painless arm swelling.
abstract: A case report of a patient presenting with painless arm swelling, which provides diagnostic challenge and interesting imaging on the conditions of syringomyelia and neuropathic osteoarthropathy, conditions with distinguishing clinical features and disabling consequences if misdiagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow, UK. EleanorMurray@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*