Clinical Case of the Combined Course of Diffuse Toxic Goiter and Autoimmune Ophthalmopathy

Abstract

The article presents the experience of treating a patient with diffuse toxic goiter in conjunction with autoimmune ophthalmopathy, about what the patient took thyrostatic drugs, β-blockers, systemic glucocorticoids. On the background of glucocorticoids withdrawal there has been detected an acute exacerbation of the symptoms of ophthalmopathy, which acquired malignant course. Due to the high activity of ophthalmopathy, the lack of effect of pulse therapy with systemic glucocorticoids, patient underwent surgery — transpalpebral orbital decompression.

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Ye. N. Martsinik, T. V. Chursinova, V. N. Serdyuk, L. N. Pastarus, T. L. Krainyak

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Ye. N. Martsinik, T. V. Chursinova, V. N. Serdyuk, L. N. Pastarus, T. L. Krainyak (2014). Clinical Case of the Combined Course of Diffuse Toxic Goiter and Autoimmune Ophthalmopathy. Міжнародний ендокринологічний журнал, 2(58), 60-64. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-226842