EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
Andrew Doan, MD, PhD, University of Iowa
http://www.eyerounds.org/case19.htm

Category: Oculoplastics
Diagnosis: thyroid eye disease (Graves' Ophthalmopathy)

Image Comments:

Most common cause of proptosis in adults. Associated with rectus muscle injection at the tendon insertion (inferior and medial most common), inferior scleral show, and lid retraction.

 

 

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