Morphological Diversity of Pretibial Myxedema and Its Mechanism of Evolving Process and Outcome: A Retrospective Study of 216 Cases

Background. Pretibial myxedema (PTM) is a rare dermopathy. The morphologic features and mechanism of its evolving process are not reported in large case series. Methods. 216 cases with PTM were retrospectively reviewed to analyze demographics, history, lesional morphology and its evolving process, h...

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Main Authors: Changgui Lan, Yi Wang, Xia Zeng, Jing Zhao, Xiaoxi Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Thyroid Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2652174