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Acute Clinical Presentation of Charcot Arthropathy

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Discovery <strong>of</strong> <strong>Charcot</strong> Joint Disease<br />

• Jean-Martin <strong>Charcot</strong>, French neurologist – in 1868 discovered<br />

a link between neurosyphilis and a particular kind <strong>of</strong> deformed<br />

joint.<br />

• Initially he thought it was a deformity due to a “spontaneous<br />

fracture,” but later realized it might be a chronic process<br />

related to neuropathy.

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