Reactivation of thyroid-associated orbitopathy after cataract surgery.
BACKGROUND
We describe an episode of thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO) following sequential bilateral cataract surgery.


METHODS
We report the case of an 80-year-old woman who developed TAO in 2000.


METHODS
After an episode of mild TAO, the patient's condition was stable and quiescent for 4 years. Following cataract surgery on her right eye in 2004, there was rapid worsening of the TAO bilaterally that lasted approximately 12 months. Her condition then stabilized for 2 years. In 2007, she had cataract surgery on the left eye and the TAO again worsened bilaterally.


CONCLUSIONS
Cataract surgery may lead to recrudescence of TAO in predisposed individuals.
Shadpour
Joseph M
JM
Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Menghani
Ravi M
RM
Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Douglas
Raymond S
RS
Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. rsdouglas69@yahoo.com.|UCLA JSEI-Oph, BOX 957006, 2-267 JSEI, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7006, USA. rsdouglas69@yahoo.com.
Goldberg
Robert A
RA
Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Tsirbas
Angelo
A
Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D049970:Graves Ophthalmopathy / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013972:Thyrotropin