EARLY-ONSET PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA IN THE ABSENCE OF OPHTHALMOPATHY - A MORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION

Authors
OMOHUNDRO C DIJKSTRA JWE CAMISA C BERGFELD WF
Citation
C. Omohundro et al., EARLY-ONSET PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA IN THE ABSENCE OF OPHTHALMOPATHY - A MORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION, Cutis, 58(3), 1996, pp. 211-214
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Cutis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114162
Volume
58
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
211 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4162(1996)58:3<211:EPMITA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is an uncommon, late manifestation of Graves' disease. It is nearly always preceded by significant ophthalmopathy a nd classically presents as nonpitting (brawny) edema of the lower extr emities. We report a case of PTM that is unusual because of its morpho logic evolution, that it occurred prior to the diagnosis of Graves' di sease, and in the absence of ophthalmopathy.