Charcot Joint
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Charcot Joint Incidence
Facts about Charcot joint:
Charcot joint occurs most frequently in the ankle and foot.
Between 1 and 25 out of 1000 people with
diabetes
develop Charcot joint.
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Charcot Joint Symptoms
Related Conditions
Diabetes
Diabetic neuropathy
Osteoarthritis
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Ankle injury
Ankle pain
Foot injury
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Last Updated: Mar 6, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Charcot Joint References:
Aliabadi P, Nikpoor N, Alparslan L. Imaging of neuropathic arthropathy. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2003 Sep;7(3):217-25.
Armstrong DG, Peters EJ. Charcot's arthropathy of the foot. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2002 Jul-Aug;92(7):390-4.
Trepman E, Nihal A, Pinzur MS. Current topics review: Charcot neuroarthropathy of the foot and ankle. Foot Ankle Int. 2005 Jan;26(1):46-63.
