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Severe pretibial myxedema.
Although pretibial myxedema (PTM) occurs in 4.3% of patients with Graves's disease, the most severe variant, elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, is found in less than 1% of cases. The most frequent location of infiltration is the lower extremities, especially the pretibial areas and on the dorsum of the foot. The authors report one of the most severe cases of elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, follo...
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History A 12-year-old boy presented with a history of blistering due to trauma on both shins since birth. They healed with scarring and milia formation. The lesions mainly affected the shins and some occasionally appeared on the waist. They were mildly pruritic and were worse in the summer as well as being precipitated by trauma. There was also toenail dystrophy but his hair and teeth were norm...
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EMO syndrome is a rare extrathyroid syndrome, seen in only 1% of patients affected by extrathyroid complications of Graves' disease. A 73-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of asymptomatic local swellings on her legs and feet. Physical examination revealed moderate proptosis and multiple, firm subcutaneous nodules of 1 to 5 cm in diameter located on the anterior and medial aspects o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5045.625