Ophthalmopathy related to thyroid disease is due mainly to diffuse periorbital or eye muscle inflammation. It is more common in Grave’s hyperthyroidism and rare in Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism. Here we report a case of recurrent oculomotor nerve palsy associated with autoimmune hypothyroidism. Brain MRI revealed enhancement of the oculomotor nerves. Despite thyroid hormone replacement therapy, oc...

BACKGROUND Although it has been frequently stated that thyroid disease induces Horner's syndrome, there have been few reports describing the anatomical relation of goiter to the cervical preganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers in acquired Horner's syndrome, which is identified by the eye-drop test for adrenergic sensitivity. CASE A 40-year-old woman with Hashimoto's disease presented with vert...

mal position. On examination, the patient had blepharitis and corneal haze in both eyes (Figure 3). Ophthalmic examination showed no light perception in the right eye and a visual acuity of 20/200 in the left eye. Slitlamp examination showed palpebral conjunctival hyperemia with papillary hypertrophy and tears in the Descemet membrane in both eyes (Figure 4). Funduscopic examination showed bila...

autoimmune thyroid diseases (atd) are multifactorial conditions that result from genetic predisposition in combination with environmental risk factors. helicobacter pylori infection as an environmental risk factor has been proposed to imitate the antigenic components of the thyroid cell membrane and may play a leading role in the onset of the autoimmune diseases, such as hashimoto thyroiditis. ...