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[Extraocular muscles involvement in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy]
O D Zhukova1, S Yu Nechesnyuk2
1Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 2/1 Barrikadnaya St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 123995.
Aim:
To study morphological features of extraocular muscles in patients with endocrine myopathy taking into account the duration of the disease.
Material And Methods:
A total of 16 patients with thyroid eye disease were included in the study. After a routine ophthalmic examination, they all underwent extraocular muscle surgery and orbital decompression. The biopsy material obtained at surgery was studied histopathologically.
Results:
Particular morphological changes have been found in muscles of endocrine myopathy patients. Their relationship to disease duration has been also established.
Conclusion:
Considering endocrine-related morphological changes in extraocular muscles, the favorable period for surgical correction has been defined.
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