Abstract

SALVADOR VALLES GAMBOA, Alfredo; VELAZQUEZ CHACON, Wilver  and  OSORIO SOSA, Caridad María. Type 1 diabetes mellitus and Charcot neuroarthropathy at Eichenholtz's stage III. Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp. 101-109. ISSN 1682-0037.

The objective of this paper was to describe the case of a female who suffered type 1 diabetes mellitus and Charcot neuroarthropathy, the first of this type managed in "Guillermo Dominguez Lopez" general university hospital in Las Tunas province in 2013. This patient was a 21 years-old Caucasian woman, who went to the angiology and vascular surgery service of the hospital, because she presented with Charcot neuropathic arthropathy at Eichenholtz´s stage III in the course of type 1 of diabetes mellitus of 12 years of evolution and inadequate metabolic control. This was a rare and uncommon complication in our setting. The patient was questioned about her symptoms and physically examined, then subjected to analytical and imaging studies; it was finally decided to admit her to hospital. In her first period of hospitalization, diabetes and blood hypertension were duly controlled and the foot swelling was reduced. After several admissions to hospital due to urinary sepsis and lack of metabolic control, she was accepted in the hemodyalisis treatment program due to renal failure, but later on, she began suffering uremic pericarditis, heart failure and finally died. In the face of raised volume, foot edema, painless joint injure, joint deformity and instability with sensory-motor neuropathy in lower limbs, one should think of Charcot neuroarthropathy and thus prevent the evolution into the last Eichenholtz´s stage. This is a case of great interest for the medical care of diabetic patients by all medical specialties and mainly aimed at the primary health care.

Keywords : type 1 diabetes mellitus; neuropathic artropathy; Charcot foot; Eichenholtz staging.

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