Neurogenic arthropathy is a rapidly destructive arthropathy due to impaired pain perception and position sense, which can result from various underlying disorders. Advanced neurogenic arthropathy can cause hypertrophic changes, destructive changes, or both.
This article gives an overview of etiology, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurogenic arthropathy. Many conditions as mentioned below predispose to neurogenic arthropathy: Amyloid neuropathy (secondary amyloidosis) Arnold-Chiari malformation Congenital insensitivity to pain Degenerative spinal disease with nerve root compression Diabetes mellitus Familial-hereditary neuropathies: Familial amyloid polyneuropathy Familial dysautonomia (Riley-Day syndrome) Hereditary sensory neuropathy Hypertrophic interstitial neuropathy (Dejerine-Sottas disease) Peroneal muscular atrophy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease) Gigantism with hypertrophic…
