Severe thyroid eye disease associated with primary hypothyroidism and thyroid-associated dermopathy.
Four unusual cases of patients are described with severe thyroid eye disease (TED) who presented with primary hypothyroidism and thyroid-associated dermopathy (TAD). All four patients had moderate or severe TED and elevated circulating thyrotropin (TSH) receptor antibodies.
Gleeson
H
H
Metabolic Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Kelly
W
W
Toft
A
A
Dickinson
J
J
Kendall-Taylor
P
P
Fleck
B
B
Perros
P
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011989:Receptors, Thyrotropin / Q000276:immunology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
D001323:Autoantibodies; D011989:Receptors, Thyrotropin