Diabetic Muscle Infarction: A Rare Complication of Long-Standing and Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Differential diagnosis of focal extremity pain in patients with diabetes mellitus.

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(i) Inflammatory: focal myositis, polymyositis

(ii) Vascular: hemorrhage, diabetic muscle infarction, arterial occlusion, thrombophlebitis, lymphedema

(iii) Infectious: pyomyositis, osteomyelitis, cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis

(iv) Trauma: muscle tear, ruptured cyst

(v) Neoplastic: benign tumors (lipomas, chondromas, and fibromas), sarcomas (liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma)

(vi) Miscellaneous: diabetic amyotrophy, and calciphylaxis

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