Items tagged “diabetes”
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Diabetic myonecrosis
Diabetic myonecrosis is an uncommon complication of diabetes mellitus, occurring in patients with chronic poor glycemic control.
Epidemiology
There is a slight predilection for females and patients with type 1 diabetes. The average age of presentation is 40 years.
Clinical presentation
Pat...
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Ghost sign (osteomyelitis)
The ghost sign is an MRI feature of osteomyelitis and is helpful in distinguishing a pure (aseptic) Charcot joint from one complicated by superimposed infection.
Radiographic features
MRI
This sign refers to the poor definition of the margins of a bone on non-contrast T1 weighted image, blen...