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ea0034p104 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2014

Localised Charcot of the Hallux

Rys Andrzej , Woodrow Tania , Chant Harvey , Farmer Kim , Butler Michael , Browne Duncan

In patients with diabetes an isolated ‘sausage toe’ is suggestive of underlying osteomyelitis. Neuropathic (Charcot) arthropathy, devastating complication of diabetes, normally presents in the midfoot and can be precipitated by surgery or minor trauma.We report a 62-year-old man with a 2-year history of well controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA1c 56 mmol/mol), with no micro or macro vascular complications, referred to diabetic podiatrist with a hot,...