J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1977 Mar;12(1):71-74. 10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.1.71.

Diabetic Neuroarthropathy: 2 cases report

• Chung JY
• Kim JW
• Lee HJ

• KMID: 2461844
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.1.71

Abstract

Neuroarthropathy has infrequently been associated with diabetic patients. The initial presenting symptoms are in most cases the peripheral neuropathy involving chiefly the sensory components of peripheral nerves, leading to numbness, hyper-or paresthesia, and coldness of the extremity affected. The diabetic arthropathy, once occurred, is apt to show progressive deterioration of the function with destruction of both skeletal and supporting soft tissues Two cases of such arthropathy were presented here, the one was observed in a 29-year-old man with involvement of the left fourth and fifth tarsometatarsal joints and a large ulcer on the dorsal skin of the lesion, and the other in a 35-year-old man with destruction of the right ankle joint. Both of them showed remarkable remission of the symptoms with conservative measures such as arch support, cast immobilization and skin graft.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Ankle Joint
Extremities
Humans
Hypesthesia
Immobilization
Joints
Paresthesia
Peripheral Nerves
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Skin
Transplants
Ulcer