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Review
. 2002 Jan;86(1):102-4.

Does radiotherapy have a role in the management of thyroid orbitopathy? View 1

Kimberley P Cockerham  1 , John S Kennerdell
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Review

Does radiotherapy have a role in the management of thyroid orbitopathy? View 1

Kimberley P Cockerham et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Jan.
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Figure 1
A 40 year old woman with acute onset moderately severe thyroid orbitopathy, whose main problem was corneal exposure.
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Figure 2
The same patient several months after urgent levator recessions, oral prednisolone and orbital irradiation. Is the improvement due to the steroids, the irradiation, both, or just the natural history of the disease?
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