Severe Dysthyroid Orbitopathy (Kennerdell Case 48, PPT)

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Identifier Kennerdell_case48_sdo.ppt
Title Severe Dysthyroid Orbitopathy (Kennerdell Case 48, PPT)
Creator John S. Kennerdell, MD (1935-2017)
Affiliation Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subject Proptosis; Exophthalmos; Orbit; Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy; Tomography, X-ray Computed; Decompression, Surgical; Dysthyroid Orbitopathy
Description History: A 50-year-old woman referred with severe exophthalmos from Dysthyroid Orbitopathy. Her complaints were recurrent corneal abrasion from chronic exposure and depression resulting from the marked exophthalmos. Anatomy: Orbit. Disease Diagnosis: Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy. Neuroimaging: Axial CT scan of the dramatic proptosis of both eyes. The portions of the medial and lateral wall removed by the surgery. The same plus portions of the superior wall that were removed to give the dramatic reduction in proptosis of 10 mm in the right eye and 11 mm in the left eye. Presenting Symptom: Severe exophthalmos from Dysthyroid Orbitopathy. Recurrent corneal abrasion, depression. Treatment: Four wall orbital decompression.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation Microsoft PowerPoint
Type Text
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: John S. Kennerdell Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Kennerdell/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2008. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6hq41md
Setname ehsl_novel_jsk
ID 180135
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hq41md
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