[The pathology of the foot in the atherosclerotic damage of lower extremities vessels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

The results of examination of 116 patients with atherosclerotic damage of lower extremities arteries caused by type 2 diabetes mellitus are presented. At the base of data of X-Ray examination the character, frequency and localization of damage of osteoarticular apparatus of the feet were been analyzed in disorders of main blood flow in cases with diabetes mellitus. Pathologic changes were recorded in 89.9% of cases with prevalence of isolated or combined hypertrophic processes. Destructive alterations, typical for osteoarticular apparatus of the feet in diabetes mellitus (diabetic osteoarthropathy), were absent. X-Ray signs of deformating osteoarthrosis of foot articulations were revealed in 48.4% of cases with maximal rate of damage of metatarsophalangeal joints. No relationship of osteoarticular apparatus lesions rate and a grade of circulation disorder in atherosclerotic vascular disturbances in type 2 diabetes mellitus was revealed (p > 0.05). The frequency of a set of X-Ray signs of osteoarthrosis--narrowing of joint space, subchondral osteosclerosis is associated with duration of diabetes mellitus more than 10 years. The relationship between frequency of development of atrophic processes (osteoporosis) of osteoarticular apparatus of the feet in cases with main vascular disorders and severity of course of diabetes mellitus (p < 0.01). Statistically confident prevalence of rate of osteoarticular apparatus of the foot was recorded in aggravation of metabolic disturbances.