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- Title
Bilateral lower limbs edema with 'wooden' character induced by insulin glargine treatment.
- Authors
Succurro, Elena; Ruffo, Mariafrancesca; Sarro, Giovambattista; Gallelli, Luca; Arturi, Franco
- Abstract
A case study for a 72-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus is presented. It mentions that the patient was already diagnosed for hypertension, prostatic benign hypertrophy, and hypercholesterolemia. It states that clinical examination discovered presence of woody firm non-pitting edema in inguinal region up to the lower limbs. It informs that insulin therapy is a treatment modalities of diabetes.
- Subjects
TYPE 2 diabetes diagnosis; CARDIOVASCULAR disease diagnosis; HYPERTENSION; HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA diagnosis; EDEMA; INSULIN therapy; TREATMENT of diabetes
- Publication
Acta Diabetologica, 2015, Vol 52, Issue 4, p809
- ISSN
0940-5429
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s00592-014-0707-7