Neuropathic arthropathy of the shoulder and elbow associated with syringomyelia : A report of 3 cases


Published online: Aug 27 2007

Peter Ruette, Jos Stuyck, Philippe Debeer

From the University Hospital Pellenberg, Pellenberg, Belgium

Abstract

We report three cases of neuropathic arthropathy secondary to syringomyelia. In two cases both the shoulder and elbow were involved. In the third case only involvement of the elbow was observed.

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