Charcot Arthropathy With Idiopathic Neuropathy

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Charcot Arthropathy of the Foot and Ankle in Patients With Idiopathic Neuropathy
Jason T. Bariteau et al
Foot & Ankle International August 7, 2014

Background: Charcot neuroarthropathy in the developed countries is primarily associated with diabetic neuropathy. This study investigated a series of patients with Charcot arthropathy associated with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy to evaluate the natural history in these patients and to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment protocol used for diabetic Charcot joints.
Methods: The records and radiographs of patients with Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle treated between 1986 and 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with known causes of or risk factors for peripheral neuropathy were excluded, identifying 82 feet in 59 patients with idiopathic neuropathy. Twenty-three (39%) were bilateral. The average age was 76 years and the average follow-up was 60 months. Data were analyzed for medical history and diagnoses, medications, anatomic classification of Charcot arthropathy, history of ulcerations, ambulatory status, shoe wear and bracing, and operative interventions. Patient care was based on previous published treatment algorithms, based on conservative management with operative intervention reserved for nonhealing ulcers, infection, and/or nonplantigrade, unbraceable feet. Therapeutic success was a plantigrade foot with healed soft tissue envelope that allowed weight-bearing.
Results: In all, 55% involved the midfoot (type 1), 34% the hindfoot (type 2), and 11% the ankle, (type 3A). Seventy-one of 82 feet were successfully treated at the time of last follow-up. Thirty-six feet (43%) were treated nonoperatively with success in 33 (92%). Forty-six of 82 feet required operative intervention, with success at last follow-up in 38 (83%). There were 8 operative failures resulting in 2 transtibial amputations and 6 feet with persistent ulceration.
Conclusions: This series of patients with Charcot arthropathy associated with idiopathic neuropathy demonstrated a wider spectrum of Charcot arthropathy of the foot and ankle than has been previously recognized or documented. At the present time, heightened awareness is needed to promote accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment in nondiabetic patients with Charcot arthropathy.
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NewsBot · Sep 23, 2014

Neuroarthropathy of the foot revealing primary systemic amyloidosis: case report and literature review
Irina Adriana Andrei, Thierry Kuntzer, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, Arnaud Jaccard, Pascal Zufferey
Clinical Rheumatology; September 2014

The aims of this review were to describe the case of a patient with debilitating neuroarthropathy of the ankles and feet and reveal a primary systemic (amyloid light chain, AL) amyloidosis and to review the relevant literature concerning the peripheral neuropathy and neuroarthropathy due to amyloidosis. We will emphasize the diagnostic pitfalls and discuss prognosis and treatments of both the peripheral neuropathy and the arthropathy related to AL amyloidosis. This is a descriptive case report of a patient with neuroarthropathy of the lower limbs due to AL amyloidosis. A review and discussion of relevant literature were conducted, based on a PubMed search from 1973 to December 2013. A 51-year-old female was diagnosed with AL amyloidosis after 20 months of investigation of small painful deformities of the feet. Chronic peripheral neuropathy occurs as a manifestation of AL amyloidosis in 25 % of cases. It may exceptionally be complicated by neuroarthropathy. In this case, the paucity of clinical and electrophysiological signs of the neuropathy delayed the diagnosis, leading to a severe arthropathy. The massive destruction of the joints dominated the clinical and the poor functional outcome. Diagnosis of AL amyloidosis should be considered in the presence of a mild peripheral neuropathy and a distal destructive and painless arthropathy. The two key diagnostic procedures are serum protein electrophoresis and nerve biopsy. Delay in treatment worsens the prognosis.
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