[A woman with red, swollen lower legs].
A 32-year old female patient with Graves' disease was diagnosed with pretibial myxedema. It is part of the triad of extrathyreoidal manifestations of Graves' disease: exophthalmia, pretibial myxedema, and acropachy. The patient was successfully treated with topical corticosteroids.
Siemerink
Mirte
M
Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, afd. Dermatologie, the Netherlands. siemerink@catharina-ziekenhuis.nl
van Praag
Marinus C G
MC
D000328:Adult; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009230:Myxedema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D013256:Steroids