Diabetic amyotrophy

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Diabetic amyotrophy, a complication of diabetes, is diabetic neuropathy characterized by painful muscle wasting and weakness. It affects the lower limbs and is typically asymmetric.

[edit] Clinical presentation

  • proximal muscle wasting and tenderness of quadriceps femoris muscles
  • loss of knee reflexes
  • seen in older men with diabetes
  • frequently CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) protein is elevated
  • usually occurs when diabetes is poorly controlled and resolves with good control (ie, the condition is reversible)

http://www.aanem.org/education/patientInfo/diabetic_amyotrophy.cfm

[edit] See Also

Muscle atrophy
Peripheral neuropathy

[edit] References


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