APPEARANCE OF GRAVES-DISEASE ON ORBITAL COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY Enzmann, D. R., Donaldson, S. S., KRISS, J. P. 1979; 3 (6): 815-819

Abstract

Extraocular muscle enlargement was symmetrical in 70% and asymmetrical in 30% of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy. True unilateral muscle involvement occurred in 6%. Computed tomography (CT) showed bilateral orbital involvement in 50% of patients presenting clinically with unilateral eye signs. In patients without a clinically apparent ophthalmopathy, CT demonstrated muscle enlargement in 40%. The medial and inferior rectus muscles were the most frequently and most severely involved. Orbital radiation therapy can result in a decrease in size of involved muscles.

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