Psychological Disturbance in Graves Ophthalmopathy

Psychological disturbance in graves ophthalmopathy.

OBJECTIVE To study mood disturbance in Graves ophthalmopathy. METHODS Forty-eight patients (mean age, 55 years; 40 women and 8 men) with Graves ophthalmopathy from a university-based referral center were classified into two groups, 24 with moderate/severe disease (study group) and 24 with negligible/mild disease (control group). The groups were matched with regard to demographic and medical c...

Graves’ Ophthalmopathy

Copyright © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 40-year-old woman who recently received a diagnosis of Graves’ disease comes for a follow-up visit. She has been taking methimazole, at a dose of 10 mg daily, and is now euthyroid, but for the past 3 months, she has had bothersome eye symptoms, including redness, tearing, grittiness, photophobia, diplopia at the extremes of gaze, and ocular pain...

Preventing Graves' Ophthalmopathy

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Preventing Graves' Ophthalmopathy

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Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Imaging Evaluation