@article{article_190468, title={Muscular infarction of the thigh in a diabetic patient: a case report}, journal={Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica}, volume={35}, pages={182–185}, year={2006}, DOI={10.3944/aott.v35i2.1714}, author={Karakurt, Lokman and Yilmaz, Erhan and Inci, Murat}, keywords={diabetes mellitus/complications;diabetic neuropathies/pathology;infarction/etiology;Necrosis;thigh/blood supply;thromboembolism/etiology}, abstract={Diabetic muscular infarction is an uncommon pathology. We present a diabetic 27-year-old woman who developed muscular infarction in the hamstring and vastus medialis muscles of the left thigh. She complained of pain in the left thigh together with a mass. The precise diagnosis was made on histopathologic examination of the open biopsy specimen. Despite chemotherapy and rest, symptoms still persisted after a follow-up period of eight months.}, number={2}, publisher={Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology}