[A case of posterior thyroid ophthalmopathy following neck irradiation].
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of a patient who developed a Graves' ophthalmopathy class III two weeks after receiving radiotherapy in the neck.


METHODS
He was a male of 51 years of age with a stage IIIB Hodgkin's disease who received chimio- and radio-therapy two weeks previous to the ophthalmopathy. The computed axial tomography showed retroorbital changes. The thyroid function tests, including the stimulation with thyrotropin releasing hormone and the microsomal and thyroglobulin antibodies were normal. The patient was treated with oral prednisone, followed by retroocular radiotherapy on the right eye. The exophthalmos improved and the diplopia disappeared.
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Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional de Occidente, IMSS, Guadalajara, Jal.
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Castro
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D006111:Graves Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D011832:Radiation Injuries