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Graves' disease physical examination
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Some of the physical examination findings in Graves’ disease include tachycardia, stare, eyelid lag, proptosis, goiter, resting tremor, hyperreflexia, and a warm, moist, and smooth skin.
Physical Examination
Physical Examination
- Signs include tachycardia, stare, eyelid lag, proptosis, goiter, resting tremor, hyperreflexia, and warm, moist, and smooth skin. [1]
- Rare findings (in <1% of patients) include localized dermopathy (i.e., pretibial myxedema) and thyroid acropachy (i.e., clubbing).
- Goiter (an enlarged thyroid gland, sometimes detectable as a swelling in the neck) and exophthalmos (protuberance of one or both eyes) may be seen on physical examination.
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Pretibial myxedema (Grave’s Disease) -
Pretibial myxedema and acropachy of hyperthyroidism
References
References
- ↑ Terry J. Smith & Laszlo Hegedus (2016). “Graves’ Disease”. The New England journal of medicine. 375 (16): 1552–1565. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1510030. PMID 27797318. Unknown parameter
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