Name
CHARCOTS JOINTS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. OF NEUROPATHIC JOINTS : - DIABETES MALLITUS - SYPHILIS - LEPROSY - YAWS - SYRINGOMYELIA - MENINGOMYELOCOELE - CONGENITAL INDIFFERENCE TO PAIN - PARONEAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY - AMYLOIDOSIS - REPEATED INTRARTICULAR STEROID INJECTIONS - CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE CRYSTAL DEPOSITION DISEASE - OSTEOMYELITIS - OSTEONECROSIS - ADVANCED OSTEOARTHRITIS - STRESS FRACTURESOTHER TESTS : * JOINT ASPIRATE FOR TESTING - NONINFLAMMATORY IN NEUROPATHIC JOINTS, MAY BE XANTHOCHROMIC OR BLOODY, MAY CONTAIN FRAGMENTS OF SYNIVIUM, CARTILAGE & BONE.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
VDRL, BONE SCAN, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, MRI, X-RAY