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Diabetic amyotrophy progressing to severe quadriparesis
Author(s) -
Taylor Bruce V.,
Dunne John W.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.20107
Subject(s) - amyotrophy , medicine , wasting , weakness , diabetic neuropathy , diabetes mellitus , muscle weakness , surgery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , atrophy , endocrinology
Abstract Diabetic amyotrophy is a distinctive form of diabetic neuropathy usually characterized by the abrupt onset of pain and asymmetric proximal leg weakness and wasting. Involvement of the upper limbs is unusual, and prognosis is said to be good. We describe two patients, each with type II diabetes mellitus, who presented with diabetic amyotrophy progressing to severe quadriparesis. One patient remains severely disabled. The clinical spectrum of diabetic amyotrophy includes progression to severe quadriparesis. Muscle Nerve 30: 505–509, 2004