Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Misdiagnosed as Relapsing Conjunctivitis
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Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Misdiagnosed as Relapsing Conjunctivitis
A 59-year-old female patient presented at the outpatients' Department of Ophthalmology with epiphora, eyelid swelling, and a foreign body feeling in the right eye. The symptoms were present for 4 months, and the patient was treated as suffering from relapsing conjunctivitis. The slit lamp examination revealed keratitis due to exposure, related with the deficient closure of the eyelids. There wa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1663-2699
DOI: 10.1159/000320582