A case of posterior thyroid ophthalmopathy following neck irradiation
Bolaños, F.; Figueroa, F.; Castro, E.
Revista de Investigacion Clinica; Organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion 48(6): 457-459
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-8376 PMID: 9132890 Document Number: 459433
To report a case of a patient who developed a Graves' ophthalmopathy class III two weeks after receiving radiotherapy in the neck. He was a male of 51 years of age with a stage IIIB Hodgkin's disease who received chimio- and radio-therapy two weeks previous to the ophthalmopathy. The computed axial tomography showed retroorbital changes. The thyroid function tests, including the stimulation with thyrotropin releasing hormone and the microsomal and thyroglobulin antibodies were normal. The patient was treated with oral prednisone, followed by retroocular radiotherapy on the right eye. The exophthalmos improved and the diplopia disappeared.