including calcium and phosphorus were normal. Growth hormone, PTH, and his lipid profile were within normal range. Thyroid hormone profile showed FT3-2.44 pg/ml, TSH (Third generation) was 14uIU/ml. Anti-TPO antibodies were >1000 IU/ml, ANA and rheumatoid factor were negative. Old healed tubercular lesions were evident in the chest X-ray, high resolution and contrast enhanced CT scan of the tho...

To date, it has remained unclear whether T cells infiltrating thyroid, retroorbital, and pretibial tissue of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy and pretibial dermopathy represent a primary immune response that is directed against certain antigenic determinants shared among these involved tissues. To characterize these T cells at the molecular level, we compared the T cell antigen receptor (Tc...

BACKGROUND Diabetic dermopathy has been termed the most common cutaneous finding in diabetes, occurring in as many as 40% of diabetic patients older than 50 years. Using laser Doppler technology, we tested the hypothesis that dermopathy lesions represented areas of cutaneous ischemia. DESIGN A survey of cutaneous blood flow in diabetic patients with dermopathy and comparison of values with th...

Restrictive dermopathy is a rare and lethal autosomal recessive genodermatosis characterized by tight skin, typical dysmorphic face, generalized arthrogryposis and pulmonary hypoplasia. Infants with restrictive dermopathy have similar findings in skin biopsy, but other abnormalities are unremarkable. We report a male preterm infant with restrictive dermopathy. The post-mortem examination reveal...

BACKGROUND Diabetic dermopathy is one of the most prevalent skin complications in diabetes patients. Some studies have pointed to association of diabetic dermopathy with retinopathy and nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes as microangiopathy presentations, but no rigorous study has been conducted to confirm this association. OBJECTIVES This study investigated association of diabetic d...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of thyroid eye disease among dysthyroid Korean patients and to analyze the relationship between demographic data, lifestyle risk factors, and status of thyroid disease and thyroid eye disease. METHODS All dysthyroid patients who visited endocrinology clinics in 24 general hospitals in Korea during a chosen one-week period were enrolled in this cross-section...