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Fig. 2 | BMC Endocrine Disorders

Fig. 2

From: The sonographic quantitative assessment of the deltoid muscle to detect type 2 diabetes mellitus: a potential noninvasive and sensitive screening method?

Fig. 2

Ultrasound of a 47-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This long-axis sonographic image of the right deltoid muscle (open arrows) image is also obtained at the anterior aspect of the supraspinatus tendon (S), at its insertion at the greater tuberosity (solid star) of the proximal humerus (H). Notice the significant, diffusely hyperechoic (echogenic) appearance of the deltoid muscle. The patient had a body mass index of 32 kg/m2. The calculated ratio (deltoid muscle/humeral cortex) for this patient was equal to 0.67, consistent with a type 2 diabetes mellitus status

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