Imaging of the medial rectus muscle predicts the development of optic neuropathy in thyroid eye disease

Abstract Goal of the study was to evaluate bony orbit remodeling and extraocular muscle (EOM) volume in thyroid eye disease (TED) and their role as predicting factors for development of dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON). Orbital computed tomography of 92 patients with TED with (76 orbits) or without...

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Main Authors: Marcel Berger, Juliane Matlach, Susanne Pitz, Manfred Berres, Franz Axmacher, George J. Kahaly, Marc A. Brockmann, Matthias Müller-Eschner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10043-z