Graves' disease physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1],Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Overview

Signs include tachycardia, stare, eyelid lag, proptosis, goiter, resting tremor, hyperreflexia, and warm, moist, and smooth skin.

Physical Examination

  • Signs include tachycardia, stare, eyelid lag, proptosis, goiter, resting tremor, hyperreflexia, and warm, moist, and smooth skin. [1]
  • Rare findings (in <1% of patients) include localized dermopathy (i.e., pretibial myxedema) and thyroid acropachy (i.e., clubbing).
  • Goiter (an enlarged thyroid gland, sometimes detectable as a swelling in the neck) and exophthalmos (protuberance of one or both eyes) may be seen in physical examination.


References

  1. Terry J. Smith & Laszlo Hegedus (2016). "Graves' Disease". The New England journal of medicine. 375 (16): 1552–1565. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1510030. PMID 27797318. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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