A case of severe rarefaction osteopathy associated with tabes dorsalis
Rivier, G.; Gerster, J.C.; Edouard, C.
Revue du Rhumatisme et des Maladies Osteo-Articulaires 58(11): 819-821
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2659 PMID: 1780660 Document Number: 387397
The authors report the case of a 63 years old man who presented 13 years after a diagnosis of a tabes dorsalis, stress fractures of the lower limbs and Charcot's joints (knees). 7 years later, he had multiple stress fractures of the sacrum and pelvis and of the ribs following a minor trauma. Laboratory investigations revealed a major osteoporosis probably related to the neurochirurgical complications of the tabes dorsalis.