Fifty patients of type II diabetes mellitus with rheumatic manifestations were studied. Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder was most common, followed by limited joint mobility, Dupuytren's contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, DISH, flexor tenosynovitis, septic arthritis, forefoot osteolysis and Charcot's arthropathy. Of these, 44% had retinopathy, 40% had neuropathy, 24% had microalbuminuria, 30% had albuminuria; 48% had more than one complication.