A Case of (?) Myxœdema Associated with Exophthalmic Goitre
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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 age, by caste a Bhmij, a local resident. stated that no one in his village sufteied from a similar complaint. He complained oi tvvo diffuse lipomatous-like growths, continuous ?ne with the other by a similar but smaller swel 'ng on the nape of the neck, situated over a bony growth arising from the seventh cervica spine. There was a further small flat lump on the back below the left scapula. 1 be patien was otherwise well-built and shewed no tendency to diffuse subcutaneous deposit of fat elsewhere. In addition, he had also enlargement of trie ^yroid gland, exophthalmos, tremor, and a mid ' degree of tachycardia. There were no signs of cretinism or imbecility and no family history or lrnportance. The fatty swellings had hrst appeared two years previously, had grown very large within the previous three months, but lie could not state when the goitre and exophthalmos had first appeared.
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