End Stage Thyroid Ophthalmopathy Presenting with Bilateral Exposure Keratitis

Thyroid - Associated Ophthalmopathy with Initial Presentation Mimicking Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia

Bilateral herpetic keratitis presenting with unilateral neurotrophic keratitis in pemphigus foliaceus: a case report

INTRODUCTION We report a case of bilateral herpetic keratitis developing after rapid oral corticosteroid tapering in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus, which was followed by unilateral neurotrophic keratitis that was treated with amniotic membrane transplantation. CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old Korean man developed bilateral herpetic keratitis one week after rapid tapering of systemic corti...

Bilateral basal ganglia lesions in end-stage kidney disease presenting as acute chorea

Acute movement disorder associated with bilateral basal ganglia (AMDBBG) lesions is a syndrome that affects patients with diabetic uremia and, for reasons yet unclear, has been reported mostly in patients from Asia [1–3]. We report the case of a diabetic female with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who developed chorea with bilateral basal ganglia lesions. The unique radiological findings associ...

Thyroid-associated Ophthalmopathy

Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy is the most frequent extrathyroidal involvement of Graves' disease but it sometimes occurs in euthyroid or hypothyroid patients. Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy is an autoimmune disorder, but its pathogenesis is not completely understood. Autoimmunity against putative antigens shared by the thyroid and the orbit plays a role in the pathogenesis of disease. Th...

Management of patients with thyroid ophthalmopathy

Patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO or thyroid eye disease TED) may present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. As the disease evolves, a myriad of ophthalmic complications may occur that requires the involvement of multiple ophthalmic disciplines. Orthoptists are valuable members of the eye care team who are often called upon to manage the diplopic complaints of these patie...