[Bone lesions of the foot in diabetic disease]

Arthropathy is increasingly reported in diabetes. In a personal series of 300 subjects with undoubted diabetes mellitus (mean age: 67 yr), five cases of arthropathy (1.6%) were noted. The pathogenesis of this association is discussed, particularly in the light of the concomitance of neuropathy in 4-5 cases. The main clinical signs included: swelling, redness, mal perforans, and pied cubique diabetique. The incubation period of arthropathic lesions is also examined. The medical and surgical treatment of diabetic arthropathy is described.