[Progression of thyroid orbit disease after retrobulbar anesthesia].
METHODS
We present a 71 year-old woman with good control of her eye disease who developed a severe Graves' ophthalmopathy after retrobulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
Local pressure in the retrobulbar compartment can cause the development of a severe ophthalmopathy in a patient with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Asensio Sánchez
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Hospital General, Medina del Campo, Valladolid.
Narros Giménez
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Carrasco
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D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018450:Disease Progression; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans