A painful swollen thigh in a diabetic patient: diabetic myonecrosis

Lancet. 2014 May 24;383(9931):1860. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60543-2.

Authors

Omer Ali¹, Chetan Narshi², Monica Khanna³, Federico Roncaroli⁴, Sonya Abraham²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London. Electronic address: omerali@doctors.org.uk.
² Department of Rheumatology, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
³ Department of Radiology, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London.

PMID: 24856030
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60543-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Connective Tissue Diseases / diagnosis
Connective Tissue Diseases / etiology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
Edema / diagnosis
Edema / etiology*
Female
Humans
Infarction / diagnosis
Infarction / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
Necrosis / diagnosis
Necrosis / etiology
Thigh*