Orbital Pseudotumor Can Mimic Graves’ Ophthalmopathy

Orbital pseudotumor: a differential diagnosis of Graves' ophthalmopathy.

The objective of this study is to report and discuss a rare and inflammatory cause of exophthalmos. This report describes a patient with exophthalmos, who was initially diagnosed with euthyroid Graves' with good response to therapy. After 8 years of follow-up, she had recurrence of symptoms and a new evaluation revealed the final diagnosis of orbital pseudotumor. Orbital pseudotumor is an uncom...

Idiopathic orbital inflammation and Graves ophthalmopathy.

Idiopathic orbital inflammation (IOI) is a poorly understood disease entity in which an orbital inflammatory process is found with, by definition, no identifiable local or systemic cause. Graves ophthalmopathy (GO) is often mentioned as a disease to exclude in the diagnosis of IOI. In the Orbital Clinic of the University Medical Center Utrecht, we have encountered 4 patients in whom diagnoses o...

Endoscopic orbital decompression for Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Graves' disease may occasionally result in significant proptosis that is either cosmetically unacceptable or causes visual loss. This has traditionally been managed surgically by external decompression of the orbital bony skeleton. Trans-nasal endoscopic orbital decompression is emerging as a new minimally-invasive technique, that avoids the need for cutaneous or gingival incisions. Decompressi...

Endoscopic Orbital Decompression for Graves' Ophthalmopathy*

Background: In patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy, orbital decompression surgery is indicated for compressive optic neuropathy, severe corneal exposure, or for cosmetic deformity due to proptosis. Traditionally this has been performed through a transantral approach, but the associated complication rate is high. More recently, endoscopic orbital decompression has been performed successfully wi...

Orbital endoscopic decompression in Graves Ophthalmopathy Summary