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