Two cases of diabetic osteoarthropathy were presented.
Orte case of 26 year-old male has history, of diabetes for 5 years and skin trouble of gangrene on the left foot for 2 months accompanied by osteoporosis and irregular destructive changes in urd, 4th and 5th meta tarsophalangeaI joint of the left foot.
Another case of 51 year-old male has been treated with oral hypoglycemic agent and insulin at home for 10 years. And he has many complications of diabetes including cataract, pulminary tuberculosis, retinopathy, orthostatic hypotension, gangrene, dermopathy of necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum, and osteoarthropathy. Bone and joints involvement included amputation of 3rd and 5th metatarsal bones of Ieft foot, diffuse osteoporosis and bony absorptive change of both feet and deformity of acromion processes with osteoporotic change and deformed head of the right: clavicle.
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