title: [Orbit pathology and Graves' ophthalmopathy].
abstract: The contemporary literature has widely described the role of thyroid diseases in incidence and development of Graves' ophthalmopathy. The paper presents the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical course diagnostic criteria and the role of orbital radiotherapy, steroids and immunosuppressive drugs in the treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy. Indications, methods, results and complications of surgical orbital decompression are widely described.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stankiewicz
mesh_terms: D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy