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Past IssueVolume 9 Number 3 June 2007
Refractory Grave's Ophthalmopathy — Is there a Role for Radiotherapy?


Goda Jayant Sastri, Lee Hsueh Ni, Vinay Kumar, Sushmita Ghoshal
Department of Radiation Oncology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Research and Education, Chandigarh, India

Thyroid orbitopathy is a chronic sequela of systemic thyroid disease. Management is usually conservative, but symptoms may be refractory and radiotherapy may be useful. This report describes a patient with thyroid orbitopathy treated with radiotherapy.

Key words: Graves ophthalmopathy, Hyperthyroidism, Radiotherapy

Asian J Ophthalmol. 2007;9:131-133.

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