TY - JOUR AU - Malik, Shumaila Seemi AU - Khan, Naeem Ahmad AU - Malik, Safdar Ali PY - 2016/05/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Role of high resolution ultrasound in diagnosing diabetic muscle infarction JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 10 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v10i4.1262 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/1262 SP - AB - <p>The study was carried out on eight patients with clinical presentation of non-traumatic painful swelling of lower limbs &amp; were examined with high resolution Ultrasound probe of 12 MHz on Logic 700 expert series, with average patients age of about 37 years with H/O of uncontrolled diabetes Mellitus, showed discrepancy of circumference / thickness of Calf muscles compared to the opposite normal lower limb with areas of low echogenicity &amp; one patient showed areas of necrosis / abscesses in muscle planes. All were diagnosed &amp; latter confirmed on biopsy as Diabetic muscle infarctions with superadded inflammation.</p> ER -