Alteraciones capilares e infiltrado celular mononuclear en un caso de amiotrofia diabetica / Capillary changes and mononuclear cell infiltrate in a case of diabetic amyothrophy

ABSTRACT

A 56 year-old man with diabetes mellitus and pain, muscle weakness and wasting in both thighs, of three months duration, had a diagnosis of diabetic amyothrophy. The ultrastructural study of a biopsy from quadriceps femoris muscle showed usual findings in muscle fibers and two not previously reported alterations capillary necrosis and mononuclear cell infiltration consisting of macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells. The etiopathogenesis of muscle damage in diabetic amyotrophy is discussed