Diabetic Muscle Infarction: A case report.
- Author:
Kang Hee LEE
1
;
Sang Ho AHN
;
Choong Ki LEE
;
Hyoung Woo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Muscle infarction
- MeSH:
Diabetes Mellitus;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Insulin;
Lower Extremity;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Muscles;
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
1999;23(5):1052-1056
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Diabetic muscle infarction (DMI) is an unusual neuromuscular complication of diabetes mellitus. It tends to occur in young, poorly controlled, insulin dependent diabetic patient with end-organ complication. We report a 24-year-old woman with diabetic muscle infarction in both lower extremities. DMI began with an abrupt onset of pain, tenderness, swelling and formation of a firm mass. MRI revealed an increase in the signal intensity on T2 weighted image and SPECT showed an increased uptake of Tc-99m-pyrophosphate (PYP) in affected muscles. We report this case with review of the literature.
