SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF SEVERE PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA

Authors
DERRICK EK TANNER B PRICE ML
Citation
Ek. Derrick et al., SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF SEVERE PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA, British journal of dermatology, 133(2), 1995, pp. 317-318
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
133
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
317 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)133:2<317:SSOSPM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a 46-year-old man with severe and long-standing pretibial my xoedema, who responded well to local surgical treatment. This improvem ent has been maintained over a 12-month period, perhaps because of con comitant treatment with octreotide.