Primary Myxœdema with Exophthalmic Ophthalmoplegia

A Case of (?) Myxœdema Associated with Exophthalmic Goitre

On the 6th January, 1926, an adult male Patient came to the Sadar Hospital, Mayurbhanj State, and was admitted to hospital, but absconded the same evening, as he feared that surgical procedures were going to be resorted to. I was able before he left, however, to secure the two rather striking photographs sent herewith of his condition. He was a well-built village cultivator, some 35 years of ag...

The Symptoms of Myxœdema and Exophthalmic Goitre Contrasted

the thyroid gland is diseased?atrophied in myxoedema, and (usually) hypertrophied in exophthalmic goitre?and inasmuch as both diseases affect women much more frequently than men. But in their mode of development and the character of many of their symptoms the two diseases are very different. The symptoms of myxoedema are almost always developed in a very slow, insidious, and gradual manner ;x t...

Myxœdema with Ascites

Ascites has been noted occasionally in myxedema. Escamilla Lisser and Shephardson reported a case in 1935 and reviewed fifteen cases. Watson and others reported two cases in 1941. In other cases the clinical picture was like that of nephrosis, and response to thyroid therapy paralleled that first described by Epstein. Up to 1941, twenty-two well-established cases of myxcedema with ascites have ...

A Case of Myxœdema

noticed swelling of the legs, which graduall\T extended to the whole body. His speech became thick, and he found his memory getting weaker. State on admission.?Has a peculiar complexion, thick speech, and slow in movements. The whole body appears as if swollen. Hairs not affected. Bowels regular. Appetite good. All organs healthy. Sleeps with a very heavy snore. Urine flows freely. Sp. Gr. 1002...

The Treatment of Myxœdema