Maternal History Both infants were the offspring of mothers who had undergone thyroidectomy for Graves's disease, two years and four years respectively, before the birth of the affected infant. In both mothers the course of the thyrotoxicosis was unusual in that there was no weight loss during the course of the disease and the exophthalmos persisted unchanged after operation. We consider that b...

Granular cell myoblastoma is a relatively uncommon lesion of debatable histogenesis, appearing as a small, solitary (but occasionally multiple) neoplasm and usually taking a benign course. The malignant counterpart has rarely been observed examples have also been found in virtually every organ or tissue of the body (Strong and others, I970), but only rarely in the orbit. Von Bahr (I938) reporte...

OBJECTIVE The effect of radiotherapy on moderate and severe Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) was evaluated by various objective and quantitative indexes including T2 signal intensity ratios of orbital MRI inferior rectus and ipsilateral temporal muscle (T2SIR), extraocular muscles (EOM) volume, and the degree of exophthalmos using clinical research with prospective, randomized, double bl...