Idiopathic muscular infarction in a diabetic patient

A 28-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of pain and swelling of the left leg. He had a 21-year history of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and had suffered from diabetic complications - retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy - for many years. The pain had begun so abruptly t...

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Published in:Skeletal radiology 1996-02, Vol.25 (2), p.183-185
Main Authors: VANDE BERG, B, MALGHEM, J, PUTTEMANS, T, VANDELEENE, B, LAGNEAU, G, MALDAGUE, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Associated diseases and complications
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications
Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance
Diabetic Angiopathies - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases)
Endocrinopathies
Humans
Infarction - diagnosis
Infarction - etiology
Leg
Male
Medical sciences
Muscle, Skeletal - blood supply
Muscle, Skeletal - pathology
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Summary:A 28-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of pain and swelling of the left leg. He had a 21-year history of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and had suffered from diabetic complications - retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy - for many years. The pain had begun so abruptly that he could remember the precise time of onset of symptoms. He denied any history of trauma, episode of coma, or recent injection into the leg.
ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/s002560050059