Successful surgical treatment of severe pretibial myxoedema.
We report a 46-year-old man with severe and long-standing pretibial myxoedema, who responded well to local surgical treatment. This improvement has been maintained over a 12-month period, perhaps because of concomitant treatment with octreotide.
Derrick
E K
EK
Department of Dermatology, Brighton General Hospital, Elm Grove, U.K.
Tanner
B
B
Price
M L
ML
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009230:Myxedema / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use
D015282:Octreotide