28 December 2023 : Case report
Early Diagnosis of Late-Onset Below-Level Neuropathic Pain in an 83 Year-Old Incomplete Tetraplegic Patient: A Charcot Spinal Neuro-Arthropathy Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Congenital defects / diseases
Giulio Bertero 1ABCDEF*, Audrey Wetzel-Weaver 234ABCDEF, Xavier Jordan 3DEFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.940830
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e940830
Table 3. Differential diagnoses of Charcot spine.
Differential diagnoses of Charcot spine | |
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Infectious diseases | Osteomyelitis vs spondylodiscitis vs tuberculosis |
Degenerative/inflammatory diseases | Osteophytes vs erosive lesions of bone |
Tumor diseases | Solid tumors vs blood cancersBenign tumors vs malignant tumors |