CHARCOT ARTHROPATHY-ETIOLOGY

SUMMARY

Any condition that causes sensory or autonomic neuropathy can lead to a Charcot joint:
1. Diabetes: most common cause^[1]
2. Syphilis
3. Chronic alcoholism
4. Leprosy
5. Meningomyelocele
6. Spinal cord injury
7. Syringomyelia
8. Renal dialysis
9. Congenital insensitivity to pain
10. Rheumatoid arthritis^[2]

Reference(s)

↑ Charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot and ankle. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009; 17(9):562-71
↑ Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Foot Ankle Int. 2013; 34(11):1541-7

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[1] Charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot and ankle. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2009; 17(9):562-71

[2] Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Foot Ankle Int. 2013; 34(11):1541-7

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