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Arthropathy, Neurogenic

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Chronic progressive degeneration of the stress-bearing portion of a joint, with bizarre hypertrophic changes at the periphery. It is probably a complication of a variety of neurologic disorders, particularly TABES DORSALIS, involving loss of sensation, which leads to relaxation of supporting structures and chronic instability of the joint. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.4472, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4472
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: tabes dorsalis; sciatica; gait disorder; hypotonia; muscle weakness; and Charcot joints. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.15388, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15388
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: temporo-mandibular arthropathy; feeling of pressure on head; headache; and earache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)