Management of dysthyroid eye disease.

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Thyroid Eye Disease among Korean Dysthyroid Patients

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of thyroid eye disease among dysthyroid Korean patients and to analyze the relationship between demographic data, lifestyle risk factors, and status of thyroid disease and thyroid eye disease. METHODS All dysthyroid patients who visited endocrinology clinics in 24 general hospitals in Korea during a chosen one-week period were enrolled in this cross-section...

Dysthyroid eye disease. A trial of guanethidine eye drops.

Previous reports have indicated the usefulness of Io per cent. Guanethidine eye-drops in reducing lid retraction and relieving symptoms in patients with dysthyroid eye disease (Sneddon and Turner, I966; Gay and Wolksteip, I966; Crombie and Lawson, I967). Administration of these eye drops produces local irritation in about 50 per cent. of patients and, although this is rarely severe, superficial...

Amiodarone and dysthyroid eye disease.

[Evaluation of extraocular muscle enlargement in dysthyroid ophthalmopathy].

PURPOSE To evaluate the extraocular muscle enlargement in dysthyroid opthalmopathy. METHOD Extraocular muscle enlargement was assessed by orbital computed tomography (CT) in 573 patients with dysthyroid ophthalmopathy in order to investigate the frequency and exact location of extraocular muscle enlargement and the clinical features of related ocular symptoms in patients with dysthyroid ophth...

Imaging studies for diagnosing Graves' orbitopathy and dysthyroid optic neuropathy

Although the diagnosis of Graves' orbitopathy is primarily made clinically based on laboratory tests indicative of thyroid dysfunction and autoimmunity, imaging studies, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and color Doppler imaging, play an important role both in the diagnosis and follow-up after clinical or surgical treatment of the disease. Imaging studies can ...

A cyclic vertical deviation with dysthyroid ophthalmopathy: a case report

BACKGROUND Cyclic strabismus is a very rare condition of ocular motility characterized by alternating strabismus and orthotropia. We report a patient with a 48-h cycle of vertical deviation associated with dysthyroid ophthalmopathy that spontaneously resolved. CASE PRESENTATION A 40-year-old woman experienced sudden onset vertical double vision. She had already been diagnosed with hyperthyroi...