RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diabetic myonecrosis in a cystic fibrosis patient
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP respcare.02299
DO 10.4187/respcare.02299
A1 Benjamin T. Kopp
A1 Stephen Kirkby
A1 Don Hayes, Jr.
A1 Kevin M. Flanigan
YR 2013
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2013/01/29/respcare.02299.abstract
AB Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes is an increasingly common co-morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with scarce data on end-stage complications in the CF population. We report the case of a 32 year old with poorly controlled diabetes presenting with subacute leg pain and focal quadriceps tenderness. The patient was found to have diabetic myonecrosis through careful neuromuscular testing and imaging after an extensive workup. This first reported case of diabetic myonecrosis in CF highlights the need for pulmonary physicians to recognize this diabetic complication in CF patients, which is associated with a poor long term prognosis and existing microvascular complications.