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Graves' orbitopathy
(redirected from Graves ophthalmopathy)

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Graves' orbitopathy
[grāvz]
Etymology: Robert J. Graves, Irish physician, 1796-1853; L, orbita, wheel track + Gk, pathos, disease
the dysthyroid orbitopathy seen in Graves' disease. Also called Graves' ophthalmopathy.


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We report an unusual case of radiotherapy-associated Graves ophthalmopathy 5 months after adjuvant external irradiation of the head and neck in a euthyroid patient who had undergone wide local excision of squamous cell carcinoma from the floor of the mouth.
Graves ophthalmopathy usually occurs---before or after the onset of hyperthyroidism?
 
 
 
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