An Unusual Case of Myonecrosis

Diabetic Myonecrosis is a rare complication of long-standing Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and 2. The most likely affected areas are of proximal lower limbs, mostly the quadriceps muscle. The presenting features are myriad and a diagnostic conundrum for the physician. There has been previously mentioned,...

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Main Authors: P. Mukhopadhyay, R. Barai, C. A. Philips, J. Ghosh, S. Saha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/624020
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Summary:Diabetic Myonecrosis is a rare complication of long-standing Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 and 2. The most likely affected areas are of proximal lower limbs, mostly the quadriceps muscle. The presenting features are myriad and a diagnostic conundrum for the physician. There has been previously mentioned, through few case reports, the classical presentation of diabetes-related muscle infarction. Here we present a patient of diabetic myonecrosis, in whom the initial presentation of diabetes mellitus was that of bilateral symmetric proximal upper limb predominant muscle infarction, which has never been reported before.
ISSN:2090-6501
2090-651X