Basedowian orbitopathy is an autoimmune disease representing the most frequent extra-thyroidal manifestation. Its pathophysiology imperfectly elucidated and result of cross-reactivity between thyroid antigens orbital tissue. It frequently seen in context hyperthyroidism (basedow’s or Graves’ disease), sometimes hypothyroidism (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), euthyroidism. Diagnosis often straightforw...

AMONG sixteen cases of acute leukaemia with orbital leukaemic infiltration in children, there were six myeloblastic, six monoblastic, two lymphoblastic (Mortada 1962, 1963, 1964a), one undifferentiated stem-cell, and one aleukaemic leukaemia. The following case of lymphoblastic aleukaemic leukaemia is described because bilateral proptosis in this condition has been only rarely reported, and bec...

two cases of hydatid cysts of the orbit causing unilateral exophthalmos are reported. diagnosis were suspected by means of computed tomography (ct) and confirmed at operation. ct changes are described and its value in diagnosis of this lesion particularly in the endemic areas is stressed.

28 days of onset of symptoms, were reported. Residual paralysis was found in only four cases of paralytic poliomyelitis occurring between 5 and 28 days after vaccination, an incidence of 1 in four and a half million doses administered. Three of the four were infants: there was no evidence, as in the United States, of a higher incidence in adults. No particular vaccine batches were implicated. S...

INTRODUCTION Graves' ophthalmopathy is characterized by an increase in the volume of orbital soft tissue contents and an associated increase in intraorbital pressure. Surgical expansion of bony orbital volume is therefore an effective method of treating moderate to severe exophthalmos. Numerous correlations between specific decompression procedures and reduction of proptosis have been made. The...

OBJECTIVE Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO), resulting from the inflammation of retro-orbital tissue, is one of the major complications of Graves' disease (GD). We investigated the clinical usefulness of the measurement of retinal blood flow (RBF) in the evaluation of GO and its activity. MEASUREMENT RBF was quantitated by pulsed Doppler mode at just below the branch of central retinal artery, from...