Charcot's joint

Charcot's joint
Char·cot's joint (.)shär-.kōz- or Char·cot joint -.kō- n a destructive condition affecting one or more joints, occurring in diseases of the spinal cord, and ultimately resulting in a flail joint called also Charcot's disease

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a damaged, swollen, and deformed joint resulting from repeated minor injuries of which the patient is unaware because the nerves that normally register pain are not functioning. The condition may occur in syphilis, diabetes mellitus, and syringomyelia.
J. M. Charcot

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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