Early Diagnosis of Late-Onset Below-Level Neuropathic Pain in an 83 Year-Old Incomplete Tetraplegic Patient: A Charcot Spinal Neuro-Arthropathy Case Report

28 December 2023 : Case report Switzerland

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Congenital defects / diseases

Giulio Bertero

^1ABCDEF*, Audrey Wetzel-Weaver

^234ABCDEF, Xavier Jordan

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DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.940830

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e940830

Table 2. Radiological examination of the spinal column, Charcot spinal neuro-arthropathy.

Examinations	Examination properties
X-ray	First-line radiological examination
Computed tomography	Precise assessment of the severity of vertebral bone destruction (erosion) and osteophytosis formation
Magnetic resonance imaging	Precise assessment of the severity of disc degeneration, joint, or soft tissue inflammation