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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2008;84:388-390; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.065342
Copyright © 2008 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.

CASE REPORTS

Late reactivation of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy causing optic neuropathy

H Bunting, O Creten, M Muhtaseb and G Shuttleworth

Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK

Correspondence to:
Mr H Bunting, Department of Ophthalmology, Singleton Hospital, Sketty Lane, Swansea SA2 8QA, UK; hjbunting11{at}doctors.net.uk

We describe a case of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy complicated by optic neuropathy presenting 18 years after the diagnosis of dysthyroidism, due to late reactivation of a previously stable ophthalmopathy.

Keywords: thyroid; ophthalmopathy; neuropathy; reactivation


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