The Shoulder Charcot Arthropathy and Secondary to Hemangioblastoma in Conus Medullari with Syringomyelia

Charcot arthropathy of the shoulder joint is usually referred to as shoulder joint involvement of Charcot arthropathy, which is a chronic, degenerative, destructive condition resulting from decreasing or loss of sensorial innervation. To date, several reports have described the shoulder Charcot arthropathy, caused by malformations of the occipital region with syringomyelia; but nobody has reported the shoulder Charcot arthropathy secondary to hemangioblastoma in conus medullari with syringomyelia. Therefore, we report a 32-year male patient who was diagnosed with Charcot arthropathy of the shoulder joint, which was misdi-agnosed as a soft tissue tumor and treated surgically. After the operation, the whole-spine MRI examination was performed as a presenting feature of hemangioblastoma in conus medullari with syringomyelia.