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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">519</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES OF THYROID&#13;
ASSOCIATED OPHTHALMOPATHY SEEN IN THE OUT- PATIENT DEPARTMENT OF A REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Agrawal</surname><given-names>Garima</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>60</fpage><lpage>63</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy is an autoimmune disorder. It is a life -long disease with systemic and ocular manifestations. Early diagnosis and appropriate management of this disorder are essential.&#13;
Aim: Clinical presentation and management of 100 consecutive cases of Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy seen in the outpatient department of a regional institute of ophthalmology.&#13;
Material and Methods: All patients of Thyroid associated ophthalmopathyseen in our institute were subjected to a complete clinical work up, ultrasonography B scan, computed tomographic scan, triiodothronine, thyroxine and thyroid stimulating hormone assays. Treatment of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid ophthalmopathy were given as per protocol.&#13;
Observation and Results: Age of patients ranged from 17-63 years. The female:male ratio was 1.7:1. Distribution of thyroid dysfunction was hyperthyroidism (96%), hypothyroidism(3%) and euthyroid(1%). Majority of patients had mild (68%) and /or quiescent disease(77%). Eyelid retraction was the most common presentation (88%). Other presentations were exophthalmos( 63%), extraocular myopathy(37%), soft tissue inflammation (23%) and optic neuropathy (12%). Thyroid dysfunction was treated with anti thyroid drugs(100%), thyroidectomy(12%), radioactive iodine(1%). Thyroid ophthalmopathy was treated with&#13;
supportive therapy(100%), glucocorticoids(32%), ocular surgery(27%), orbital radiotherapy (1%), cyclosporine(1%).&#13;
Conclusion: We present the clinical manifestations and management of Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy patients at a regionalinstitute of ophthalmology. A larger percent of patients required glucocorticoids reflecting the referral of moderate-severe and/or active patients to our tertiary care centre.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy</kwd><kwd> Clinical presentation</kwd><kwd> Management</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
