Pretibial myxedema

Pretibial myxedema
Hands showing related condition thyroid acropachy and shins of someone with pretibial myxedema
SpecialtyEndocrinology 

Pretibial myxedema (myxoedema in British English, also known as Graves' dermopathy, thyroid dermopathy, Jadassohn-Dösseker disease or myxoedema tuberosum) is an infiltrative dermopathy, resulting as a rare complication of Graves' disease, with an incidence rate of about 1–5%.

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