CHARCOT KNEE ARTHROPATHY WITH ARTICULAR AMYLOID DEPOSITION IN FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOTIC POLYNEUROPATHY

Authors
SHIRAISHI M ANDO Y MIZUTA H NAKAMURA E TAKAGI K ANDO M
Citation
M. Shiraishi et al., CHARCOT KNEE ARTHROPATHY WITH ARTICULAR AMYLOID DEPOSITION IN FAMILIAL AMYLOIDOTIC POLYNEUROPATHY, Scandinavian journal of rheumatology, 26(1), 1997, pp. 61-64
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009742
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
61 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9742(1997)26:1<61:CKAWAA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
An extremely rare case of familiar amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) co mplicated by neuroarthropathy (Charcot joint) in the left knee joint a nd by intra-articular deposits of amyloid was observed. FAP-specific v ariant transthyretin (TTR) was found in the synovial fluid and amyloid deposits were confirmed in the synovium, cartilage and bone by Congo red staining and immune-staining.