CORTISONE AND ACTH IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCALIZED THYROTOXIC MYXEDEMA: REPORT OF A CASE
- 1 May 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 14 (5) , 561-564
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-14-5-561
Abstract
A case of localized thyrotoxic myxedema in the pretibial region and the eyelids is reported. Rapid regression of the localized myxedema as well as of the co-existing exophthalmus was observed under ACTH and cortisone therapy.Keywords
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