Cutaneous Manifestations of Thyroid Disease: A Case of Thyroid-Induced Myxedema

The cutaneous manifestations of thyroid disease can be present in the hair, nails, and local or diffuse locations throughout the skin. Traditionally, thyroid-associated mucin deposition is present in a pretibial location on bilateral lower legs. We present a case of a growing plaque on the lower bac...

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Autores principales: Shroff, Anjali, Simpson, Gregory
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23198174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/386081
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description The cutaneous manifestations of thyroid disease can be present in the hair, nails, and local or diffuse locations throughout the skin. Traditionally, thyroid-associated mucin deposition is present in a pretibial location on bilateral lower legs. We present a case of a growing plaque on the lower back of a 10-year-old girl, whose appearance coincided with a recent diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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spelling pubmed-35042082012-11-29 Cutaneous Manifestations of Thyroid Disease: A Case of Thyroid-Induced Myxedema Shroff, Anjali Simpson, Gregory Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report The cutaneous manifestations of thyroid disease can be present in the hair, nails, and local or diffuse locations throughout the skin. Traditionally, thyroid-associated mucin deposition is present in a pretibial location on bilateral lower legs. We present a case of a growing plaque on the lower back of a 10-year-old girl, whose appearance coincided with a recent diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3504208/ /pubmed/23198174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/386081 Text en Copyright © 2011 A. Shroff and G. Simpson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cutaneous Manifestations of Thyroid Disease: A Case of Thyroid-Induced Myxedema
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title_fullStr Cutaneous Manifestations of Thyroid Disease: A Case of Thyroid-Induced Myxedema
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title_short Cutaneous Manifestations of Thyroid Disease: A Case of Thyroid-Induced Myxedema
title_sort cutaneous manifestations of thyroid disease: a case of thyroid-induced myxedema
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23198174
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