Neuropathic arthropathy of the shoulder and elbow associated with syringomyelia : A report of 3 cases

Neuropathic arthropathy is a progressive, degen-erative arthritis affecting one or more peripheral orvertebral articulations associated with an underly-ing central or peripheral neurological disorder. Oneof the most common causes besides diabetes melli-tus and syphilis is syringomyelia, a chronic pro-gressive degenerative or developmental disorder ofthe spinal cord. The joints most frequently involvedare the shoulder and the elbow. In syphilis and dia-betes the lower limbs are more frequently affect-ed