THE DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE (CHARCOT JOINT)

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Abstract
Although seventy years have passed since Charcot1described the type of joint disease which bears his name, physicians are still far from a complete understanding of its development. Its diagnosis is relatively simple if one bears in mind certain clinical and radiologic characteristics; yet the presence of a Charcot joint is frequently overlooked, especially in the early stages. The experiments of Eloesser,2who produced neuro-arthropathies in cats by traumatizing their joints after their limbs had been rendered anesthetic through the severance of the posterior nerve roots, confirm the usually accepted theory of pathogenesis that attributes the development of the Charcot joint to the effect of a single injury or repeated injuries on an articulation which has lost its sensibility to pain. Space does not permit an adequate review of the articles which have dealt with the clinical and pathologic aspects of neuropathic joint disease. Deserving special mention, however,

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