title: [Progression of thyroid orbit disease after retrobulbar anesthesia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General, Medina del Campo, Valladolid.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Asensio Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Narros Giménez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carrasco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018450:Disease Progression; D005123:Eye; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans