[Osteonecrosis of a knee joint in a young man with IDDM]. / Osteonekrose i et knaeled hos en ung mand med IDDM.

We report a case story where IDDM was diagnosed in a young man due to late complications such as ischaemia in a toe, retinopathy and nephropathy. Due to a prior minor knee trauma he developed osteonecrosis/Charcot joint in his knee eighteen months after diagnosis of IDDM.