[Osteoarticular changes in the feet in diabetes mellitus according to the data of roentgenological examination]. / Kostno-sustavnye izmeneniia stop pri sakharnom diabete po dannym rentgenologicheskogo issledovaniia

In roentgenological examination of 40 patients suffering from diabetes mellitus bone and articular changes were revealed in 65% of cases. They were equally incident in patients of both sexes. These changes did not depend directly on the severity and duration of diabetes mellitus, although they were more frequent in persons with the widespread micro- and macroangiopathies and other complications of this disease. A case of osteoarthropathy occurring in a young patient given no antidiabetic treatment for a period of several years is presented.