title: Diabetic muscular infarction. Preventing morbidity by avoiding excisional biopsy.
abstract: Focal infarction of skeletal muscle is a complication of diabetes mellitus. In the appropriate clinical setting and with characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, prompt diagnosis can prevent unnecessary morbidity by avoiding excisional biopsy. We report a case of diabetic muscular infarction presenting as a painful thigh mass and review diagnostic and management principles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erpelding
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply*; D013848:Thigh