Übersetzung für 'myxoedema' von Englisch nach Deutsch

myxoedema [Br.]

Myxödem {n}med.

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myxoedema coma [Br.]

Myxödemkoma {n}med.

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pretibial myxoedema <PM> [Br.]

prätibiales Myxödem {n}med.

• A few years later, in 1888, this condition would be named myxoedema by W. M. Ord.
• Pretibial myxedema (myxoedema in British English, also known as Graves' dermopathy, thyroid dermopathy, Jadassohn-Dösseker disease or myxoedema tuberosum) is an infiltrative dermopathy, resulting as a rare complication of Graves' disease, with an incidence rate of about 1–5%.
• It was considered as the result of a dysfunction of the thyroid gland, similar to the human pathological condition known as "myxoedema infantilis".
• He made a number of contributions to neurology and medicine in general – for example highlighting the fact that hyperthyroidism may terminate in myxoedema.
• Kocher–Debré–Semelaigne syndrome is hypothyroidism in infancy or childhood characterised by lower extremity or generalized muscular hypertrophy, myxoedema, short stature and cognitive impairment.

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• Graves' disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism; hyposecretion causes cretinism in infants and myxoedema in adults.