Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid ophthalmopathy can be, in moderate to severe cases, very disfiguring and thereby soul destroying. Even with excellent family support it is difficult to accept such changes in appearance. In the severe acute phase, management is usually non-surgical with medication and/or fractionated orbital radiotherapy. Rarely, orbital decompression is required to save failing sight resulting from optic nerve compression. This surgical procedure is nowadays more commonly performed to...