J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.  2010 Dec;34(6):771-776.

Diabetic Muscle Infarction in a Chronic Stroke Patient: A Case Report

• Yoon YS
• Choi JL
• Yu KP
• Kwak SH
• Kim JY

Abstract

Diabetic muscle infarction is a rare complication of diabetes and is characterized by acute or subacute onset of painful and non-pitting swelling of the thigh or the calf, and rarely in the upper limbs. Diabetic muscle infarction and cerebral vascular accidents ocurr in patients with advanced diabetic complications. Painful swelling of the extremities is very common manifestation in patients with hemiplegia. Thus, early correct diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the underlying causes of painful swelling of the extremities are very important in these patients. We report a case of diabetic muscle infarction in a patient with hemiplegia, and suggest that diabetic muscle infarction should be considered as a disease of differential diagnosis for acute pain and swelling on the extremity.

Keyword

Muscle infarction; Diabetes mellitus; Hemiplegia

MeSH Terms

Acute Pain
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Diagnosis, Differential
Extremities
Hemiplegia
Humans
Infarction
Muscles
Stroke
Thigh
Upper Extremity