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REGRESSION OF OPHTHALMOPATHY IN GRAVES‘ DISEASE FOLLOWING THYROIDECTOMY A systematic study of changes of ocular signs
Author(s) -
MARUSHAK DANUTA,
FAURSCHOU SVEND,
BLICHERTTOFT MOGENS
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1984.tb05805.x
Subject(s) - medicine , graves' ophthalmopathy , thyroidectomy , disease , subtotal thyroidectomy , graves' disease , thyroid , eye disease , signs and symptoms , surgery , ophthalmology , total thyroidectomy , pathology
A report is given of 4 patients with progressive ophthalmopathy in Graves' disease treated by total or subtotal thyroidectomy. The post‐operative ophthalmological examination revealed evident regression of ocular symptoms and signs. Serial examinations of the ocular motility, the field of binocular single vision, as well as ultrasonic study were performed and gave an objective support to the improvement of the ocular disturbances. The symptomatical and presumed causal treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy is reviewed and the possible immunological basis is discussed. It is concluded that a reduction in thyroid mass seems to diminish ophthalmic manifestations of Graves' disease.