Recurrent diabetic muscle infarction in end-stage renal disease

Diabetic muscle infarction is a rare complication of long-standing diabetes mellitus (DM) with multiple-organ microvascular sequels. This report covers sixty-year old male with a history of DM for 12 years and an experience of hemodialysis for one year with acute onset of pain in the right calf. The diagnosis of diabetic muscle infarction needs increasing awareness of clinicians. The main aim of this case report is to draw attention to this condition, so that unnecessary invasive diagnostic test, biopsy and surgical debridement which could be avoided.