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    Graves Disease in Central Ghana: Clinical Characteristics and Associated Factors.
    Clin Med Insights Endocrinol Diabetes 2018 21;11:1179551418759076. Epub 2018 Mar 21.
    Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
    Background: Graves disease (GD) has increased in prevalence over the past decade in Africa. Despite this, the condition is not well described, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Objective: We have described the clinical characteristics and associated factors of GD in a cohort of patients attending a resource-limited setting tertiary hospital. Read More
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    Dermatologic manifestations of endocrine disorders.
    Transl Pediatr 2017 Oct;6(4):300-312
    The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
    The skin serves as a window for clinicians to understand, diagnose, and monitor endocrine disease. Dermatologic manifestations of endocrinopathies contribute significantly to an individual's health and quality of life. In this review, we outline various disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, thyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal gland, and androgen axis as well as hereditary endocrine syndromes. Read More
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    Treatment of pretibial myxedema with intralesional immunomodulating therapy.
    Ther Clin Risk Manag 2017 8;13:1189-1194. Epub 2017 Sep 8.
    Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, Chongqing Emergency Medical Hospital (The Fourth People's Hospital of Chongqing).
    Objective: Local immune regulation therapy has been one of the therapeutic methods used for the treatment of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with pretibial myxedema (PTM). However, the poor response rate and high recurrence rate are still major problems. Whether a premixed corticosteroid, compound betamethasone, could enhance remission rate and decrease recurrence rate in patients with PTM was investigated in the present study. Read More
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    Pretibial Myxedema Masquerading as a Venous Leg Ulcer.
    Wounds 2017 Mar;29(3):77-79
    Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
    The authors report a case of pretibial myxedema (PTM) masquerading as a venous leg ulcer to alert wound care clinicians to this diagnostic possibility. Pretibial myxedema is a localized form of mucin cutaneous deposition characterized by indurated plaques most commonly on anterior legs. It is more likely to present in patients with Graves' disease, but it can be found in euthyroid patients as well. Read More
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    [Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and evolutive aspects of Basedow-Graves disease in the Depatment of Internal Medicine at CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar (Senegal)].
    Pan Afr Med J 2016 14;25. Epub 2016 Sep 14.
    Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
    Basedow-Graves disease is an autoimmune affection characterized by the association of thyrotoxicosis with variable frequency events such as goiter, ophthalmopathy and pretibial myxedema. Its diagnosis is often easy, while its management remains difficult. A simple medical treatment exposes patient to recurrence risk. Read More
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    Morphological Diversity of Pretibial Myxedema and Its Mechanism of Evolving Process and Outcome: A Retrospective Study of 216 Cases.
    J Thyroid Res 2016 25;2016:2652174. Epub 2016 Aug 25.
    Department of Dermatology, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) 416 Hospital, No. 4 Er Huan Lu Bei Si Duan, Chengdu, Sichuan 610051, China.
    Background. Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is a rare dermopathy. The morphologic features and mechanism of its evolving process are not reported in large case series. Read More
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    Injected Hyaluronidase Reduces the Volume of Exogenous Hyaluronate Fillers in Mice and Results in Clinical Improvement in a Patient with Pretibial Myxedema.
    Dermatopathology (Basel) 2016 Jul-Sep;3(3):61-7. Epub 2016 Jul 6.
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
    Background: Hyaluronidases are essential for the breakdown of hyaluronate (HA) in tissues and may be used to prevent the adverse effects of HA fillers.

    Objectives: We explored the effect of hyaluronidase on exogenous and endogenous HA in vitro and in vivo.

    Materials And Methods: HA fillers were incubated with different concentrations of hyaluronidase and visualized by electrophoresis. Read More
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    Shortness of Breath and Lower Limb Edema in a 54-Year-Old Woman, Is There Any Cure?
    Res Cardiovasc Med 2016 Feb 9;5(1):e30549. Epub 2015 Dec 9.
    Second Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
    Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension is common among patients with hyperthyroidism, and Graves' disease constitutes the most common cause of thyrotoxicosis.

    Case Presentation: We report the case of a female patient admitted to the cardiology department with shortness of breath and pretibial myxedema. The diagnostic work-up revealed combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension due to Graves' disease superimposed on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Read More
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    Case report of Graves' disease manifesting with odynophagia and heartburn.
    World J Gastroenterol 2015 Dec;21(48):13582-6
    Yulia Evsyutina, Alexander Trukhmanov, Vladimir Ivashkin, Olga Storonova, Department of Internal Disease Propaedeutics, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
    Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease, which can manifest with a variety of extrathyroidal clinical syndromes like ophthalmopathy, pretibial myxedema (dermopathy), acropathy, cardiomyopathy, and encephalopathy. Though quite rare, this disease can also manifest with gastrointestinal symptoms such as dysphagia, heartburn, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. We report a clinical case of Graves' disease manifesting with dysfunction of the esophagus and heartburn in a 61-year-old man. Read More
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    A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intralesional Glucocorticoid for Treating Pretibial Myxedema.
    J Clin Med Res 2015 Nov 25;7(11):862-72. Epub 2015 Sep 25.
    Department of Dermatology, China National Nuclear Corporation 416 Hospital, No.4, Er Huan Lu Bei Si Duan, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.
    Background: Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is an uncommon dermopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid diseases. Now it is thought to be autoimmune and its treatment with glucocorticoid is helpful. However, it has not been evaluated. Read More
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    Pre-tibial myxedema: treatment with intralesional corticosteroid.
    An Bras Dermatol 2015 May-Jun;90(3 Suppl 1):143-6
    Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, BR.
    The pretibial myxedema is a manifestation of Graves' disease characterized by accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in the reticular dermis. The dermopathy is self-limiting but in some cases may cause cosmetic and functional damage. Conventional treatment is use of topical steroids under occlusive dressing, however the intralesional application has shown good results. Read More
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    Radiation therapy as part of the therapeutic regimen for extensive multilocular myxedema in a patient with exophthalmos, myxedema and osteoarthropathy syndrome: A case report.
    Oncol Lett 2015 May 26;9(5):2404-2408. Epub 2015 Feb 26.
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster D-48149, Germany.
    Exophthalmos, myxedema and osteoarthropathy (EMO) comprise the triad known as EMO syndrome, which is rarely observed in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. The present study reports the case of a patient with EMO, including the response of this rare combination to radiotherapy. A 48-year-old patient with EMO syndrome presented to the Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Muenster, eight years prior to writing with therapy-resistant pretibial myxedema and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy of the metacarpal bones. Read More
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    Long-term follow-up and epidemiological trends in patients with pretibial myxedema: an 11-year study from a tertiary care center in northern India.
    Int J Dermatol 2015 Aug 27;54(8):e280-6. Epub 2015 May 27.
    Department of Dermatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
    Introduction: Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is a rare manifestation of Graves' disease. There is paucity of data regarding long-term follow-up and response to treatment in PTM.

    Materials And Methods: Retrospective study wherein 30 patients of PTM presenting during 2001-2011 attending dermatology and endocrinology outpatient departments were analyzed. Read More
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    Pretibial Myxedema Associated with Euthyroid Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Case Report.
    J Clin Diagn Res 2014 Jun 20;8(6):YD01-2. Epub 2014 Jun 20.
    Resident, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Pramukhswami Medical College , Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India .
    Pretibial myxedema (PM) is an infiltrative dermopathy which is seen in grave's disease. It is also associated with hypothyroidism, but is infrequently seen in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Lesions are seen commonly over pretibial region as non-pitting oedema or with a plaque morphology. Read More
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    Extrathyroidal manifestations of Graves' disease: a 2014 update.
    J Endocrinol Invest 2014 Aug 10;37(8):691-700. Epub 2014 Jun 10.
    Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
    Introduction: Graves' orbitopathy (GO), thyroid dermopathy (also called pretibial myxedema) and acropachy are the extrathyroidal manifestations of Graves' disease. They occur in 25, 1.5, and 0. Read More
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    Elephantiasic pretibial myxedema in a patient with graves disease that resolved after 131I treatment.
    Clin Nucl Med 2014 Aug;39(8):758-9
    From the Departments of *Emergency Medicine, and †Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
    Pretibial myxedema is a rare manifestation of Graves disease and is generally associated with ophthalmopathy. Steroids, immunoglobulin, or rituximab can have some therapeutic effect but not curative. Here we reported a 45-year-old man with history of hyperthyroidism for 20 years who developed severe bilateral pretibial myxedema. Read More
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    Pretibial Myxedema: Case Presentation and Review of Treatment Options.
    Int J Low Extrem Wounds 2014 Jun 7;13(2):152-154. Epub 2014 May 7.
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
    Pretibial myxedema (PM) is a rare autoimmune manifestation of Graves' disease, which commonly presents as diffuse, nonpitting edema of shins and less often as plaques, nodules, or elephantiasis lesions mimicking lymphedema. We present a 57-year-old woman with 12-month history of PM, which occurred a year after treatment of Graves' disease and improved with topical corticosteroids, support stockings, and intralesional steroid injections until recurrence with local erythema and woody edema. A literature review was undertaken of the evidence-based treatment modalities for symptomatic PM: although commonly asymptomatic and self-limited, severe cases of PM may be treated with topical corticosteroid, compressive therapy, and intralesional corticosteroid injections. Read More
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    Pitting type of pretibial edema in a patient with silent thyroiditis successfully treated by angiotensin ii receptor blockade.
    Am J Case Rep 2014 14;15:111-4. Epub 2014 Mar 14.
    Department of Internal Medicine, Iwakiri Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
    Patient: Female, 56 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Thyroiditis - silent Symptoms: Palpitations • pretibial pitting edema • short of breath • sweating

    Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Endocrinology and Metabolic.

    Objective: Unknown etiology.

    Background: Hyper- or hypothyroidism sometimes causes pretibial myxedema characterized by non-pitting infiltration of a proteinaceous ground substance. Read More
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    [Cardiac myopathy due to overt hypothyroidism].
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2014 Mar 25;139(10):483-5. Epub 2014 Feb 25.
    Medizinische Klinik 1, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck.
    History And Admission Findings: A 51-year-old man presented with progressive tiredness, proximal muscle weakness, hair loss and weight gain for months. The patient showed mild pretibial myxedema and dry skin. Laboratory findings revealed strongly elevated cardiac enzymes as well as marked hypothyroidism. Read More
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    Preradial myxedema in a euthyroid male: A distinct rarity.
    Dermatol Online J 2013 Apr 15;19(4). Epub 2013 Apr 15.
    Nirvana Skin Clinic, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
    Localized or pretibial myxedema is one of the signs of Graves disease (along with goiter, exophthalmus, thyroid acropathy, and high circulating levels of long-acting thyroid-stimulating hormone) and usually tends to occur at a later stage of the disease or even after the patient becomes euthyroid post treatment. Very rarely has it been reported in euthyroid patients. We report a euthyroid man presenting with localized myxedema on the extensor surface of his forearm with clinical and histopathological features consistent with pretibial myxedema. Read More
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    Essential trichomegaly: case report.
    Arq Bras Oftalmol 2013 Jan-Feb;76(1):50-1
    Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
    The present study reports two cases of symptomatic essential trichomegaly. Trichomegaly may develop in various diseases, including anorexia nervosa, hypothyroidism, pregnancy, pretibial myxedema, systemic lupus erythematosus, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, and uveitis. The exact incidence trichomegaly is unknown, and the condition remains sporadically reported. Read More
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    [Graves' dermopathy on the big toe].
    Ann Dermatol Venereol 2013 May 21;140(5):382-5. Epub 2013 Mar 21.
    Service de dermatologie, CHU de Poitiers, 2, rue de la Milétrie, 86021 Poitiers cedex, France.
    Background: Localized myxoedema is a rare dermopathy in patients with Graves' disease. The pretibial area is the most commonly affected region but herein we present a case of myxoedema of the big toe.

    Patients And Methods: A 44-year-old male with Graves' disease ongoing for seven years presented bilateral ophthalmopathy and myxoedema of the big toes. Read More
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    Pretibial myxedema without ophthalmopathy: an initial presentation of Graves' disease.
    Am J Med Sci 2013 Jul;346(1):73-5
    Department of Internal Medicine, Baptist Health System, Birmingham, AL 35213, USA.
    Objective: To report a rare case of Graves' disease without ophthalmopathy presenting with pretibial myxedema (PM) as an initial presentation.

    Methods: We present the clinical history, physical findings, laboratory studies and biopsy data of a 62-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes (DM2) presenting with arm and leg skin lesions in the absence of other physical findings. Histopathology confirmed PM. Read More
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    Treatment of pretibial myxedema with dexamethazone injected subcutaneously by mesotherapy needles.
    Thyroid 2013 May;23(5):626-32
    Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Fondazione Cà Granda IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
    Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is a rare extrathyroidal manifestation of Graves' disease that requires treatment when the clinical picture is markedly evident. In addition to topical treatment with steroid ointments, there have been previous reports of subcutaneous injections of steroids. This procedure may cause nodular degeneration of the skin due to fat atrophy when standard needles are used. Read More
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    [Treatment of pretibial myxoedema with pentoxifylline].
    Orv Hetil 2012 Oct;153(43):1719-22
    Maros Megyei Klinikai Kórház, Bőrgyógyászati Klinika, Marosvásárhely.
    Pretibial myxoedema is a rare symptom of Graves' disease. Histological studies detected mucopolysaccharide and glycosaminoglycan accumulation, and the role of anti-TSH receptor antibodies has been suggested. In this paper the authors present the case of a 34-year-old male patient with pretibial myxoedema treated successfully with pentoxifylline. Read More
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    Unilateral pitting edema of the leg as a manifestation of Graves' disease: a case report.
    J Med Case Rep 2012 Aug 30;6:258. Epub 2012 Aug 30.
    Internal Medicine Clinic, South Estonian Hospital, Meegomäe, Võru vald, 65526, Estonia.
    Introduction: Graves' hyperthyroidism has a number of well-recognized but relatively rare extrathyroid manifestations such as thyroid acropachy, pretibial myxedema, and congestive heart failure.

    Case Presentation: A 38-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the out-patient clinic with symptoms of hyperthyroidism lasting for approximately five months. Remarkably, she had developed pitting edema of her left leg four months before. Read More
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    Thyrotrophin receptor antibody characteristics in a woman with long-standing Hashimoto's who developed Graves' disease and pretibial myxoedema.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2012 Sep;77(3):465-70
    Section of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Caerphilly Miners' Hospital, Caerphilly, UK.
    Context: Sequential conversion of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) to Graves' disease (GD) is uncommon. Distinct immune paradigms, paucity of functioning tissue in long-standing HT, and infrequent conversion of blocking (TBAb) to stimulating (TSAb) thyrotrophin receptor antibody (TRAb) may account for this. Molecular and crystal structure analysis helps delineate TSH receptor (TSHR)/TRAb interactions in detail. Read More
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    Pretibial mucinosis in a patient without Graves disease.
    Cutis 2011 Dec;88(6):300-2
    Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
    Although an uncommon location, cutaneous mucinoses may present in the pretibial area in distinct clinical circumstances. The terms pretibial myxedema and pretibial mucinosis often are used interchangeably, but pretibial myxedema should be regarded as a type of pretibial mucinosis. We present a case of cutaneous mucinosis localized to the pretibial area of a patient without Graves disease. Read More
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    Treatment-resistant elephantiasic thyroid dermopathy responding to rituximab and plasmapheresis.
    Australas J Dermatol 2012 Feb 10;53(1):e1-4. Epub 2010 Sep 10.
    Department of Dermatology, Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia, Australia.
    A 44-year-old woman was diagnosed with Graves' disease in 1995 and over the following 12 months developed thyroid dermopathy (pretibial myxoedema). Despite being trialled on multiple recognized therapies over the course of 11 years, the patient's dermopathy progressively worsened. She developed ocular proptosis, elephantiasic thyroid dermopathy and acropachy in both hands. Read More
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    Localized myxedema of the foot associated with trauma and surgery.
    Ochsner J 2011 ;11(2):132-8
    Localized extratibial myxedema is a rare presentation of thyroid disease that manifests with varied symptoms. Previous surgical or radioiodine treatment of hyperthyroidism is linked to the development of localized myxedema, as is prior trauma or surgery. We present the first known case of localized foot myxedema on a background of Graves disease following a traumatic and surgical precipitant and compare and discuss similar cases found in a literature review. Read More
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    Severe pretibial myxedema.
    Int J Low Extrem Wounds 2011 Jun 26;10(2):91-2. Epub 2011 May 26.
    University of the West Indies, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago.
    Although pretibial myxedema (PTM) occurs in 4.3% of patients with Graves's disease, the most severe variant, elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, is found in less than 1% of cases. The most frequent location of infiltration is the lower extremities, especially the pretibial areas and on the dorsum of the foot. Read More
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    Observing pretibial myxedema in patients with Graves' disease using digital infrared thermal imaging and high-resolution ultrasonography: for better records, early detection, and further investigation.
    Eur J Endocrinol 2011 Apr 25;164(4):605-11. Epub 2011 Jan 25.
    Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec.1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan ROC.
    Objective: Pretibial myxedema (PM) is a manifestation of Graves' disease (GD). Currently, its diagnosis depends on physicians' observation and biopsy. No satisfactory, objective, and non-invasive tool is available to record and investigate lesions. Read More
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