ea0011p827 | Thyroid | ECE2006
Menconi FM
, Marinò MM
, Bartalena LB
, Rocchi RR
, Nardi MN
, Pinchera AP
, Marcocci CM
Whether TTA affects GO remains to be established. Here we studied the effects of TTA in 90 patients with mild-moderate GO randomized into 3 groups of thyroid treatment: MMI (methimazole), TX [near-total thyroidectomy (NTTX)], TTA (NTTX plus 131-I). Patients were treated with ivGC and evaluated at 3 and 9 mo. GO was considered improved or worsened when at least 2 of the following criteria changed, either positively or negatively: i) proptosis and/or eyelid width by at least 2 m...