CHARCOT JOINT(S)

(NEUROPATHIC JOINT)

syringomyelia [shoulder, elbow or wrist]

diabetes mellitus [peripheral neuropathy; feet]

neurosyphilis [tabes dorsalis; hip or spine]

leprosy [hands and feet]

peripheral nerve lesions (traumatic)

congenital indifference to pain (various hereditary neuropathies)

cauda equina lesions

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