Abstract
Neuropathic arthropathy, otherwise called as charcot joint is a range of destructive disease process involving the bone and joints , resulting secondary to neurosensory deficit. It was first described by Jean-Martin Charcot in 1868 in a syphilis patient. It is not common in non weight bearing joints of upper limb. Radiological investigations play a major role in diagnosis of neuropathic joints and in eliciting the underlying cause in shoulder disease, syringomyelia being the most common etiology.
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Corresponding Author
Sivakami.R, Pradheepkumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Radio Diagnosis, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical college and Hospital, Madagadipet, Kalitheerthal kuppam, Pondicherry, India. Pincode- 605107
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i10.94
