Extraocular muscle problems in thyroid eye disease
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Extraocular muscle enlargement with tendon involvement in thyroid-associated orbitopathy.
PURPOSE To evaluate the configuration of extraocular muscle and tendon enlargement in patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO). DESIGN Retrospective, noncomparative case series. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the preoperative computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, or both, of 125 consecutive patients with previously diagnosed TAO. Axial CT (n = 8...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1994.125