Case Report: Wrist Neuropathic Arthropathy Secondary to Syringomyelia
2 Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Neuropathic arthropathy is a progressive, degenerative arthritis affecting one or more peripheral or vertebral articulations and is associated with an underlying central or peripheral neurological disorder. Diabetes mellitus and syphilis are among the most common causes of the neuropathic arthropathy. Syringomyelia is a chronic progressive degenerative or developmental disorder of the spinal cord and may lead to neuropathic arthropathy in the upper extremities. Herein, we report a case of neuropathic arthropathy with wrist involvement secondary to syringomyelia.
Keywords : Neuropathic artropathy, Charcot joint, syringomyelia