Pretibial Myxedema: Case Presentation and Review of Treatment Options

We present a 57-year-old woman with 12-month history of PM, which occurred a year after treatment of Graves’ disease and improved with topical corticosteroids, support stockings, and intralesional steroid injections until recurrence with local erythema and woody edema. A literature review was undertaken of the evidence-based treatment modalities for symptomatic PM: although commonly asymptomatic and self-limited, severe cases of PM may be treated with topical corticosteroid, compressive therapy, and intralesional corticosteroid injections.

Source: The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds - June 13, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Kim, W. B., Mistry, N., Alavi, A., Sibbald, C., Sibbald, R. G. Tags: Case Report Source Type: research