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ea0029p663 | Diabetes | ICEECE2012

Proximal upper and lower extremities severe pain, muscle weakness in a young diabetic male with multiple chronic complications. A rare and unusual clinical presentation

Torres O. , Palermo C. , Padilla M. , Martinez J. , Davila K. , Miranda M. Gonzalez E. , Mangual M. , Laboy I. , Tirado R. , Chinea I. , Miranda M.

A 49 years old male patient with 12 years history of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus on insulin therapy, complicated with neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, peripheral arterial disease (right toe amputation), hypertension and dyslipidemia. He presented with upper extremities proximal muscle and upper back moderate pain that progressed to excruciating pain with restriction of motion, weakness, and stiffness of 3 days of evolution. He denied trauma, abnormal exerci...