Anorexia Nervosa Associated with Acromegaloid Features, Onset of Acrocyanosis and Raynaud's Phenomenon and Worsening of Chilblains | Zendy

M.H.A. RUSTIN | Zendy; J.C. Foreman | Zendy; Pauline M. Dowd | Zendy

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Anorexia Nervosa Associated with Acromegaloid Features, Onset of Acrocyanosis and Raynaud's Phenomenon and Worsening of Chilblains

Author(s) -

M.H.A. RUSTIN,

J.C. Foreman,

Pauline M. Dowd

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107689008300807

Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , raynaud disease , medicine , dermatology , anorexia , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , eating disorders

Patients with anorexia nervosa may develop many physical and endocrinological complications. We wish to report two patients who developed soft tissue swelling of their hands and worsening of their peripheral vascular disease, evidenced by the appearance of acrocyanosis and Raynaud's phenomenon and more severe perniosis, following the onset of their anorexia nervosa.

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