Pretibial Myxedema — A Reversible Cause of Foot Drop Due to Entrapment of the Peroneal Nerve

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PRETIBIAL myxedema may be cosmetically unattractive but is not believed to have any adverse medical consequence. We recently encountered a patient with Graves's disease in whom bilateral foot drop developed in association with the onset of the infiltrative dermopathy, and disappeared with the resolution of the skin lesion.Case ReportA 64-year-old woman, previously in excellent health, had symptoms of hyperthyroidism for six weeks, and for three weeks had noted progressive weakness of her ankles, with complete inability to walk.Physical examination revealed an anxious woman, whose heart rate was 110 per minute. The thyroid gland was diffusely enlarged and . . .

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