Pretibial myxedema

Pretibial myxedema
Pretibial myxedema
	Hands showing related condition thyroid acropachy and shins of someone with pretibial myxedema
Specialty	Endocrinology

Pretibial myxedema (myxoedema in British English, also known as Graves' dermopathy, thyroid dermopathy,^[1] Jadassohn-Dösseker disease or myxoedema tuberosum) is an infiltrative dermopathy, resulting as a rare complication of Graves' disease,^[2] with an incidence rate of about 1–5%.

^ Schwartz, K. M.; Vahab Fatourechi; Debra D. F. Ahmed; Gregory R. Pond (1 February 2002). "Dermopathy of Graves' Disease (Pretibial Myxedema): Long-Term Outcome". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87 (2): 438–446. doi:10.1210/jcem.87.2.8220. PMID 11836263.
^ Prajapati VH, Mydlarski PR (March 2008). "Dermacase. Pretibial myxedema". Can Fam Physician. 54 (3): 357, 369. PMC 2278349. PMID 18337527.

[1] Schwartz, K. M.; Vahab Fatourechi; Debra D. F. Ahmed; Gregory R. Pond (1 February 2002). "Dermopathy of Graves' Disease (Pretibial Myxedema): Long-Term Outcome". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 87 (2): 438–446. doi:10.1210/jcem.87.2.8220. PMID 11836263.

[pmid18337527-2] Prajapati VH, Mydlarski PR (March 2008). "Dermacase. Pretibial myxedema". Can Fam Physician. 54 (3): 357, 369. PMC 2278349. PMID 18337527.

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