ID#: 12606
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This medial x-ray of a patient’s left knee, reveals both the boney, and soft tissue destruction, of the knee joint, which was determined to be a case of neuropathic arthropathy, also known as Charcot’s joint, brought on by a tertiary syphilitic infection. See PHIL 24398, for another view of this patient’s bony deterioration of his left knee. Also see PHIL 12605, for an exterior view of a patient’s arthritic deformity. Syphilis is caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Robert Sumpter
Creation Date: 1967
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