PMID: 2486453Jan 1, 1989Paper

Capillary alterations and mononuclear cell infiltrate in a case of diabetic amyotrophy

Acta científica venezolana
A MárquezM C de Blanco

Abstract

A 56 year-old man with diabetes mellitus and pain, muscle weakness and wasting in both thighs, of three months duration, had a diagnosis of diabetic amyotrophy. The ultrastructural study of a biopsy from quadriceps femoris muscle showed usual findings in muscle fibers and two not previously reported alterations: capillary necrosis and mononuclear cell infiltration consisting of macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells. The etiopathogenesis of muscle damage in diabetic amyotrophy is discussed.

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