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Myxedema (British English: myxoedema) is a term used
synonymously with
severe hypothyroidism, but also to
describe a
dermatological change that can occur...
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Myxedema coma is an
extreme or
decompensated form of
hypothyroidism and
while uncommon, is
potentially lethal. A
person may have
laboratory values identical...
- when they
develop an
acute illness.
Myxedema coma can be the
first presentation of hypothyroidism.
People with
myxedema coma
typically have a low body temperature...
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Pretibial myxedema (myxoedema in
British English, also
known as Graves' dermopathy,
thyroid dermopathy, Jad****ohn-Dösseker
disease or
myxoedema tuberosum)...
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Myxedema psychosis is a
relatively uncommon consequence of hypothyroidism, such as in Hashimoto's
thyroiditis or in
patients who have had the
thyroid surgically...
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Another cutaneous form of
edema is
myxedema,
which is
caused by
increased deposition of
connective tissue. In
myxedema (and a
variety of
other rarer conditions)...
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hormone deficiency (hypothyroidism),
including a
severe form
known as
myxedema coma. It may also be used to
treat and
prevent certain types of thyroid...
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symptoms may
include thickening of the skin on the shins,
known as
pretibial myxedema, and eye bulging, a
condition caused by Graves' ophthalmopathy.
About 25...
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triiodothyronine (T3). It is most
commonly used to
treat hypothyroidism and
myxedema coma. It can be
taken by
mouth or by
injection into a vein. Side effects...
- sarcoidosis. Some
forms of
hypothyroidism can
result in
myxedema and
severe cases can
result in
myxedema coma.
Hypothyroidism is
managed with
replacement of...
