Coexisting Thyroid Eye Disease and Myasthenia Gravis

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Identifier EEC-Case-Thyroid Eye Disease and MG
Title Coexisting Thyroid Eye Disease and Myasthenia Gravis
Creator Devin D. Mackay, MD; Valérie Biousse, MD
Affiliation (DDM) Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, Georgia; (VB) Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Subject Thyroid Orbitopathy; Myasthenia Gravis; Lid Retraction; Ophthalmoplegia; Strabismus; Diplopia
Description A case of coexisting thyroid orbitopathy and myasthenia gravis. External photographs of the eyes and eyelids, as well as images from an MRI of the orbits, are included. Figure 1 : External photograph of eyes showing right lid retraction and left upper lid ptosis. Figure 2 : External photograph of eyes in the cardinal directions of gaze illustrating diffuse bilateral ophthalmoplegia. Figure 3 : MRI orbits coronal T1 post-contrast image with fat suppression showing enlarged extraocular muscles, with particular enlargement of the right>left inferior rectus muscles. Figure 4 : MRI orbits axial T1 post-contrast image with fat suppression showing mild enlargement of the right lateral rectus and medial rectus muscles.
Date 2014
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: The Emory Eye Center Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/eec/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6dc0zff
Setname ehsl_novel_eec
ID 177371
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dc0zff
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