title: Spontaneous bony orbital auto-decompression in thyroid ophthalmopathy.
abstract: Orbital 'auto-decompression' in TED (thyroid eye disease) is a well recognised phenomenon in older patients where lax orbital septa allow proptosis to decompress the orbit. Bony 'auto-decompression' in TED is a different entity which to the best of our knowledge has not been previously reported. We describe such a case which presented spontaneously, in the absence of trauma or bony pathology, and discuss possible causes.
authors.affiliation: Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdom. GSBhermi@nhs.net
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bhermi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gauba
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brittain
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications*; D049970:Graves Ophthalmopathy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications*