Abstract:Background: Diabetic myonecrosis is a rare complication of diabetes mellitus with less than 200 cases reported in the literature since initial description in 19651. Diabetic myonecrosis most commonly affects the thigh and usually presents with acute muscle pain, edema, and erythema in the absence of trauma or fever1. The pathogenesis has yet to be elucidated—atherosclerosis, microangiopathy, vasculitis, and ischemia-reperfusion injury have been theorized. Laboratory findings are relatively nonspecific—of the f… Show more
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