Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma
Thyroid orbitopathy is an orbital inflammatory disease with an often autoimmune origin associated with metabolic disorders of the thyroid gland. Its clinical presentation is varied and it can cause significant disturbances of the vision and of the orbital architecture, resulting in a significant de...
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Editorial Ciencias Médicas
2014-12-01
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| author | Tamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje Lillian Gloria León Veitía |
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| description | Thyroid orbitopathy is an orbital inflammatory disease with an often autoimmune origin associated with metabolic disorders of the thyroid gland. Its clinical presentation is varied and it can cause significant disturbances of the vision and of the orbital architecture, resulting in a significant decrease in the quality of life of patients; often causes severe impairment of personality. It affects mostly women and it is negatively influenced by factors such as smoking, age, sex and race. Medical treatment should be early, aggressive and based on the stage of the patient in order to avoid grave consequences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bf9f758c8b74182a36315921f7431642022-12-22T04:33:56ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272014-12-01848894162Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemmaTamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje0Lillian Gloria León Veitía1Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.Thyroid orbitopathy is an orbital inflammatory disease with an often autoimmune origin associated with metabolic disorders of the thyroid gland. Its clinical presentation is varied and it can cause significant disturbances of the vision and of the orbital architecture, resulting in a significant decrease in the quality of life of patients; often causes severe impairment of personality. It affects mostly women and it is negatively influenced by factors such as smoking, age, sex and race. Medical treatment should be early, aggressive and based on the stage of the patient in order to avoid grave consequences.http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/180oftalmopatía de graves |
| spellingShingle | Tamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje Lillian Gloria León Veitía Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma Acta Médica del Centro oftalmopatía de graves |
| title | Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma |
| title_full | Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma |
| title_fullStr | Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma |
| title_short | Thyroid orbitopathy. A pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma |
| title_sort | thyroid orbitopathy a pathophysiologic enigma and a therapeutic dilemma |
| topic | oftalmopatía de graves |
| url | http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/180 |
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