[Rheumatic disorders in diabetes mellitus].

Diabetes mellitus affects the connective tissue in a variety of ways and so we observe a variety of alterations in the locomotor system including neuroarthropathy, hyperostosis, osteoporosis, cheiroarthropathy, limited joint mobility, muscular infarctions. The locomotor problems in diabetes may be considered articular, skeletal and soft-tissue lesions. Although some syndromes are observed exclusively in patients with diabetes, the majority of the rheumatic diseases found in patients with diabetes are also seen in the non-diabetes population, albeit at a much lower prevalence.