Thyroid acropachy: correlation of imaging and pathology

Thyroid acropachy is a rare manifestation of autoimmune thyroid disease, in the form of soft tissue swelling of the hands and feet with insidious onset, associated with clubbing and characteristic periosteal reactions. It is usually part of a syndrome consisting of a typical triad of thyroid acropac...

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Published in:European radiology 2001-01, Vol.11 (6), p.1058-1062
Main Authors: Vanhoenacker, F M, Pelckmans, M C, De Beuckeleer, L H, Colpaert, C G, De Schepper, A M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fingers - pathology
Foot - pathology
Graves Disease - diagnosis
Graves Disease - pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myxedema - diagnosis
Myxedema - pathology
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - diagnosis
Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic - pathology
Skin - pathology
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Thyroid acropachy is a rare manifestation of autoimmune thyroid disease, in the form of soft tissue swelling of the hands and feet with insidious onset, associated with clubbing and characteristic periosteal reactions. It is usually part of a syndrome consisting of a typical triad of thyroid acropachy, exophthalmos, and pretibial myxedema. The purpose of this case report is to demonstrate the imaging features of this typical triad in a 65-year-old-woman. This case is the first in which the MRI features of thyroid dermopathy are documented.
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s003300000735