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Unusual skin eruption with eosinophilia associated with hyperthyroidism
Author(s) -
PEGUM J.S.,
GRICE KATHERINE
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1973.tb07552.x
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilia , dermatology , erythema , myopathy , arthropathy , genodermatosis , pathology , osteoarthritis , biochemistry , chemistry , alternative medicine , gene
SUMMARY An unusual skin manifestation of Graves disease is described which varied from exfoliative dermatitis to toxic erythema and to more circumscribed ‘fixed urticaria’. There were also lichenoid lesions. Persistent pyrexia, eosinophilia and a raised ESR were also present. Other features of hyperthyroidism included myopathy and arthropathy. It is suggested that an immunological mechanism could account for the unusual manifestations in this patient.