A Chronic Leg Ulcer Presenting With Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Type 2 Diabetes:A Case Report

作者:Ren, Haitao; You, Chuangang; Han, Chunmao*
来源:The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2013, 12(1): 30-34.
DOI:10.1177/1534734613477660

摘要

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is characterized by hereditary sensorimotor polyneuropathy with foot deformity, sensorineural hearing loss, moderate developmental delay, and gait disturbance. CMT presenting with type 2 diabetes and an ulcer has not been reported. This article reports a man who presented with the symptoms mentioned above and also with a leg ulcer and type 2 diabetes. He was diagnosed with CMT disease based on family history and genetic testing. A skin defect in the left leg had manifested for more than 1 year, and results of initial fasting plasma glucose revealed type 2 diabetes. The evolution of these manifestations, coupled with a slowly progressive weakness, numbness, muscular wasting, and sensory impairment, strongly suggested the co-occurrence of 3 different diseases in the same individual.

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