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...

Antibodies that reacted with plasma membranes of human eye muscle but showed no binding to plasma membranes of human skeletal muscle were identified in serum of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. Rabbit antithyroglobulin serum at a dilution of 1 X 10(-3) to 20 X 10(-3) had no effect on the binding of these antibodies to eye muscle membrane antigens. There was no correlation between antihuman...

Optic neuropathy, an uncommon manifestation occurs in 5% of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. Its outcome is good if early and proper treatment given. We reported a 49 years old male patient of Graves' disease with bilateral optic neuropathy. He underwent bilateral transnasal endoscopic orbital decompression with marked improvement of visual acuity bilaterally. The preoperative visual acuit...