title: Diabetic muscle infarction in a 57 year old male: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diabetic muscle infarction is a rare complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and is often misdiagnosed as cellulitis. This complication is usually associated with poor disease prognosis and high mortality with previous studies reporting a risk of 50% recurrence or another macrovascular complication occurring within one year. Thus, there needs to be greater awareness of this complication of diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the current work, we present a case report and literature review of DMI occurring in a calf of a 57 year old male. However, unlike the suspected trend, our patient has performed well after this incident and has not sustained another macrovascular event now > 15 month since his original diabetic muscle infarction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Even though diabetic muscle infarction is an uncommon condition, it is important to consider this diagnosis in a diabetic patient. We hope that our findings and literature review will aid clinicians to better diagnose and manage this condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, McGill University Health Centre, 687 Pine Ave.West, H7.87, Montreal, Quebec H3A1A1, Canada.
authors.forename: Ivan V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Litvinov
authors.forename: Arnold
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radu
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garfield
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology