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[Orbit pathology and Graves' ophthalmopathy]
1Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Białymstoku.
Klinika Oczna
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The contemporary literature has widely described the role of thyroid diseases in incidence and development of Graves' ophthalmopathy. The paper presents the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical course diagnostic criteria and the role of orbital radiotherapy, steroids and immunosuppressive drugs in the treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy. Indications, methods, results and complications of surgical orbital decompression are widely described.