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Spontaneous bony orbital auto-decompression in thyroid ophthalmopathy
G S Bhermi1, V Gauba, P Brittain
1Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom. GSBhermi@nhs.net
Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|June 7, 2006
Abstract:
Orbital 'auto-decompression' in TED (thyroid eye disease) is a well recognised phenomenon in older patients where lax orbital septa allow proptosis to decompress the orbit. Bony 'auto-decompression' in TED is a different entity which to the best of our knowledge has not been previously reported. We describe such a case which presented spontaneously, in the absence of trauma or bony pathology, and discuss possible causes.
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