Pretibial Myxedema (Thyroid Dermopathy)
Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? What you should be alert for in the history The diagnosis of pretibial myxedema (also referred to as thyroid dermopathy [TD]) can only be made in confidence with a history of autoimmune thyroid disease, especially Graves disease. In the absence of such history, or laboratory confirmation of thyroid autoimmunity…