Open AccessClinico-radiological characteristics and not laboratory markers are useful in diagnosing diabetic myonecrosis in Asian Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A 10-year experience from South India
Author(s) -
Rachna Gupta,
Surjit Singh Haobam,
Anish Krishna,
Roshna Ramchandran,
Anil Satyaraddi,
Shrinath Shetty,
Hesarghatta S Asha,
Thomas Paul,
Thomas Nicolaï
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_4_18
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , glycemic , surgery , complication , diabetic foot , retrospective cohort study , type 2 diabetes mellitus , case series , pathology , endocrinology , alternative medicine
Diabetic myonecrosis or muscle infarction is an unusual complication of Type 2 Diabetes, usually associated with longstanding disease. It commonly presents as an acute non-traumatic palpable swelling of the affected muscle with predilection for the quadriceps and thigh muscles, often accompanied by retinopathy and nephropathy.