title: [Charcots arthropathy causing hypoparathyroid hypercalcaemia].
abstract: A 45-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and multiple diabetic complications was diagnosed with hypoparathyroid hypercalcaemia. The bone scintigraphy showed Charcots arthropathy. Blood tests, computer tomography and mammography did not give any indication of malignancy, vitamin-D intoxication nor hyperthyroidism. Charcots arthropathy is not a recognized cause of hypoparathyroid hypercalcaemia, but the mechanism might be increased boneresorption. We recommend that Charcots arthropathy is considered a cause of hypoparathyroid hypercalcaemia in patients with diabetic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Neurologisk Afdeling, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark. s.engberg@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Engberg
authors.forename: Jens-Erik Beck
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Karen Bay
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Kønig
mesh_terms: D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging