Elephantiasic Pretibial Myxedema with Involvement of the Buttocks and Face

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 130; no. 15; pp. 1887 - 1888
• Main Authors: Wang, Ya-Nan, Wang, Tao, Ma, Dong-Lai, Li, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 05.08.2017; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Adrenal Cortex Hormones - administration & dosage; Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use; Buttocks - diagnostic imaging; Buttocks - pathology; Correspondence; Dermatology; Face - diagnostic imaging; Face - pathology; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Middle Aged; Myxedema - diagnosis; Myxedema - diagnostic imaging; Myxedema - drug therapy; Oxidative stress; Patients; PTM; Thyroid diseases; Thyroxine - administration & dosage; Thyroxine - therapeutic use; Vitiligo; 甲状腺疾病; 白癜风; 皮肤病; 自身免疫性; @@

To the Editor：Pretibial myxedema （PTM）,a localized thyroid-associated dermopathy,is characterized by local thickening and remodeling of the skin-it is often associated with a group of autoimmune thyroid diseases （ATDs）.[1] PTM is most frequently located across the lower legs,especially the pretibial...