Unique ekstensor hallusis muscle infarct in diabetic patient

ZEKERİYA TOSUN, ADEM ÖZKAN, Sadık Şentürk, ZEYNEP ALTUNTAŞ, NEDİM SAVACI

  • ZEKERİYA TOSUN: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • ADEM ÖZKAN: BSK KONYA HASTANESİ
  • Sadık Şentürk: Selçuk Üniversitesi Meram Tıp Fakültesi
  • ZEYNEP ALTUNTAŞ: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • NEDİM SAVACI: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Year : 2003
  • Vol : 19
  • Issue : 1
  •  Page : 57-60
Diabetic muscle infarct is a rare complication of type 1 insulin dependent diabetic patient, resenting with focal thigh pain, tenderness, swelling and erythema. These pathologic findings were observed in 72 years old male patient, 5 days after he was accepted to our clinic because of diabetic foot ulcer. The mass was thought that on abscess at first but unixue extensor hallucis muscle infarct was observed by surgical exploration.Necrosed muscle was excised and defect area was reconstructed with split thickness skin graft. V/e have presented a case of extensor hallucis longus muscle infarction in a diabetic patient first in the literatüre.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
2003, Vol. 19 (1)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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