title: Endocrinology and the skin.
abstract: 'I've got these ugly red blotches on my legs and they are getting worse?' Lisa, 32 years of age, is an accountant who always presents herself meticulously. You can understand why she doesn't like the raised red brown blotches on her shins. The lesions are raised, indurated with follicular accentuation. They are an uneven red-brown colour that doesn't fade with pressure, nor does the tissue pit. Lisa seems more upset and agitated than you expected. When you ask if she's under stress at work she breaks down in tears and says she feels 'agitated and on edge all the time and can't sit still for a minute'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia, Australia. patrick.phillips@nwahs.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weightman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D012867:Skin