Pretibial myxedema | |
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Hands showing related condition thyroid acropachy and shins of someone with pretibial myxedema | |
Specialty | Endocrinology |
Pretibial myxedema (myxoedema in British English, also known as Graves' dermopathy, thyroid dermopathy,[1] Jadassohn-Dösseker disease or myxoedema tuberosum) is an infiltrative dermopathy, resulting as a rare complication of Graves' disease,[2] with an incidence rate of about 1–5%.