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Skin disorders associated with thyroid disease
Skin disorders associated with thyroid disease
Skin manifestations of hypothyroidism- dry (anhydrosis), cold, yellowish skin
- non-pitting oedema (e.g. hands, face)
- dry, coarse scalp hair, loss of lateral aspect of eyebrows
- eczema
- xanthomata
Skin manifestations of hyperthyroidism
- pretibial myxoedema: erythematous, oedematous lesions above the lateral malleoli
- thyroid acropachy: clubbing
- scalp hair thinning
- increased sweating
Pruritus can occur in both hyper- and hypothyroidism
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Skin manifestations of hypothyroidism
- dry (anhydrosis), cold, yellowish skin
- non-pitting oedema (e.g. hands, face)
- dry, coarse scalp hair, loss of lateral aspect of eyebrows
- eczema
- xanthomata
- pretibial myxoedema: erythematous, oedematous lesions above the lateral malleoli
- thyroid acropachy: clubbing
- scalp hair thinning
- increased sweating
Pruritus can occur in both hyper- and hypothyroidism