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A difficult diagnosis: severe Graves' ophthalmolopathy
Ivan Yeu Ming Yip1, Fizza Mushtaq2, Tristan Reuser2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract:
An 81-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, on warfarin, with known hyperthyroidism, was admitted to hospital following a fall with proptosis and severely restricted movements in her left eye. Medics initially thought the presentation was related to an intracranial pathology but through subsequent tests and examination, ophthalmologists diagnosed a severe case of thyroid eye disease with intense inflammation. The patient responded well to systemic steroid treatment. This case report highlights a severe rapidly progressing case of thyroid eye disease with diagnostic difficulties arising from multiple comorbidities in an elderly patient.
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