A Case of Protruding Eyeballs and Diminishing Vision
Authors: Rakesh Biswas, Saroj Gupta, Sumit Dahiya, Shashi Kiran, B.V. Girish and A.S. Kasthuri
Publication Date: 20 Jan 2010
Clinical Medicine: Case Reports 2009:2 73-75
Rakesh Biswas1, Saroj Gupta1, Sumit Dahiya2, Shashi Kiran2, B.V. Girish3 and A.S. Kasthuri3
1People’s College of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India. 2Melaka Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia. 3Vydehi Institute of Medical Education and Research, Bangalore, India.
Abstract
This case report discusses issues related to a 56-year-old man from Bangalore who presented with complaints of a gradual protrusion of his eyeballs along with diminishing vision for the previous month. The approach to diagnosis and management issues around this unusual presentation is discussed.
Keywords: thyroid ophthalmopathy, hypothyroidism, vision loss
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