• Natl Med J India · Jul 2021

    Case Reports

    Diabetic myonecrosis in end-stage renal disease.

    • Mohit Naredi, Navneet Adhikari, Gaurav Prakash Bhardwaj, Sanjeev Saxena, Ravi Bansal, and Ankit Sharma.
    • Department of Nephrology, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute, Press Enclave Road, Sheikh Sarai Phase 1, New Delhi 110017, India.
    • Natl Med J India. 2021 Jul 1; 34 (4): 206-210.

    AbstractDiabetic myonecrosis or muscle infarction (DMI), a clinicoradiological entity is an underdiagnosed complication of diabetes mellitus. It refers to spontaneous aseptic necrosis of skeletal muscles commonly of the lower limb without evidence of any large vessel disease. It presents as painful swollen limb without any external insult in patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus with other microvascular complications especially nephropathy. We present four instances of DMI in our patients who had end-stage renal disease with a varied course.

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