Reactivation of thyroid eye disease following extraocular muscle surgery

Luna Xu; Lora R Dagi Glass; Michael Kazim

doi:10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182873cfe

Reactivation of thyroid eye disease following extraocular muscle surgery

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Jan-Feb;30(1):e5-6. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182873cfe.

Authors

Luna Xu¹, Lora R Dagi Glass, Michael Kazim

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and †Department of Ophthalmology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

PMID: 23467286
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182873cfe

Abstract

A 60-year-old man with stable bilateral thyroid eye disease (TED) underwent unilateral strabismus surgery. Within 1 month, he developed TED reactivation in only the contralateral orbit. At a later date, again after 6 months of inactive TED, he underwent bilateral strabismus surgery. Within 1 month of surgery, he developed bilateral TED reactivation. Surgical manipulation of orbital tissues may, in rare cases, provoke reactivation of TED.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Graves Ophthalmopathy / diagnosis
Graves Ophthalmopathy / etiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oculomotor Muscles / surgery*
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Recurrence
Strabismus / surgery*