Euthyroid nodular pretibial mucinosis: palliative treatment with carbon dioxide laser.

Pretibial mucinosis (PTM) occurs most often in association with Graves’ disease. In these patients, clinical features include hyperthyroidism, goiter, ophthalmopathy, and pretibial myxedema, a characteristic cutaneous sign of Graves’ disease characterized by localized dermal mucin deposition on the shins. PTM associated with Graves’ disease must be differentiated from euthyroid PTM associated with venous stasis. We report a case of nodular PTM without thyroid disease that received palliative treatment with carbon dioxide (CO2) laser.

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