Charcot neuroarthropathy triggered by osteomyelitis and/or surgery

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1469-1472

  Ndip, A ^a,b   Jude, E B ^c   Whitehouse, R ^b   Prescott, M ^b   Boulton, A J ^b  

^a Manchester Diabetes Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

111Indium white cell scan; 99mTc bone scan; Charcot neuroarthropathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDIUM 111; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PAMIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHALANX;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 57449114170     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02587.x     Document Type: Article

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