title: An overview of thyroid eye disease.
abstract: Thyroid eye disease (also known as Graves' ophthalmopathy) is a complex orbital inflammatory disease, which can be sight threatening, debilitating and disfiguring. This overview discusses the epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, presentation, ophthalmic clinical features, investigations and treatment of thyroid eye disease.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: Colm
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McAlinden
keywords: Euthyroidism; Graves’ disease; Graves’ ophthalmopathy; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid eye disease