Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid eye disease usually occurs in patients with graves'hyperthyroidism although 5-10% of patients are euthyroid or are hypothyroid with positve TSH receptor binding antibodies. We describe a patient with primary hypothyroidism for 14 years prior to the onset of severe thyroid eye disease.A 61 year old lady with thyroid opthalmopathy was seen in the eye clinic.Previous history included diet controlled diabetes and primary hypothyroidism, adequately r...