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Localized secondary telangiectasia in patients with thyroid disease
Author(s) -
THOMSON JOHN A.,
MACKIE RONA M.
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.tb07580.x
Subject(s) - medicine , telangiectasia , incidence (geometry) , abnormality , thyroid disease , thyroid , lesion , dermatology , histology , disease , pathology , physics , psychiatry , optics
summary The presence of telangiectatic lesions on the arms of patients who suffer from thyroid diseases is described and the histology of the lesion illustrated. The incidence of this abnormality was found to be 23% in patients attending a thyroid clinic as compared with 1% in patients attending a dermatological clinic.