Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy with Superior Oblique Muscle Involvement: A Case Report
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Extraocular muscle enlargement with tendon involvement in thyroid-associated orbitopathy.
PURPOSE To evaluate the configuration of extraocular muscle and tendon enlargement in patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO). DESIGN Retrospective, noncomparative case series. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the preoperative computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, or both, of 125 consecutive patients with previously diagnosed TAO. Axial CT (n = 8...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1607-551X
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70090-7