Localized Myxedema on the Upper Eyelids in a Patient of Hypothyroidism
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Citation: Takahashi H, Ishida-Yamamoto A, Iizuka H (2016) Localized Myxedema on the Upper Eyelids in a Patient of Hypothyroidism. Int J Dermatol Clin Res 2(1): 018-018. DOI: 10.17352/2455-8605.000016 018 eyelashes and eyebrows, especially on the temporal side, and puffiness of eyelids are the main features [2]. Mahto described the puffiness of eyelids as a significant complication of myxedema [2]. However, the reports of the eyelid myxedema in thypothroidsm are few and Ohtsuka et al., reported myxedema on the skin including both eyelids in hypothyroidism [3]. Our case is the second of localized myxedema with lesions restricted on the upper eyelids. Clinical differential diagnosis may include dermatomyositis, which was negated by laboratory findings of normal muscle enzyme activity, no increase in anti-nuclear antibody, and no liquefaction degeneration of basal cell layer of epidermis in histopathology.
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