CASE PRESENTATION A 20 year old Asian male was referred with the complaint of decreased vision in both eyes for a year. His past medical and surgical histories were unremarkable. His family history revealed thyroid disease in his mother. Review of systems were remarkable for alopecia and headache at the time when his eye problems began. The first eye exam from his referring ophthalmologist reve...

The literature analysis confirms the interrelationship of thyroid gland pathology and glaucoma. Patients with diffusetoxic goiter (DTG) endemic have an especially high risk developing glaucoma, while those autoimmune thyroiditis face a moderate risk. prevalence primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) in patients over 40 endocrine ophthalmopathy is reliably associated male gender duration disease lon...

Flatfishes, such as flounder, are the world's most asymmetric vertebrates. It is unknown if the development of lateralized swimming behavior during metamorphosis is an adaptive response to bilaterally asymmetric eye positioning, or if this results from a vestibular response to thyroid hormone. This study describes larval development in left-sided, right-sided and bilaterally symmetric variants ...