Elephantiasic Graves' Dermopathy in a Patient with Negative Thyroid-Receptor Auto-Antibodies
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Vol. 30, No. 1, 2018 125 Received December 14, 2016, Revised March 6, 2017, Accepted for publication March 10, 2017 Corresponding author: Agnethe Berglund, Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. Tel: 45-78-45-00-00, Fax: 45-78-46-20-10, E-mail: agnetheberglund@ dadlnet.dk This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology Fig. 1. (A∼C) Elephantiasic skin changes on the dorsal sides of the feet and legs consisting of pachydermal hyperkeratosis and a papillomatous cobblestone appearance with malodourous scattered impetiginized crusted wounds and fissures. https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2018.30.1.125
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