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Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). Complete or partial dislocation from the orbit is also possible from trauma or ...
Differential diagnosis Graves disease Joffroy's sign is a clinical sign in which there is a lack of wrinkling of the forehead when a patient looks up with the head bent forwards. [ 1 ]
Stellwag's sign is a sign of infrequent or incomplete blinking associated with exophthalmos or Graves orbitopathy. It is accompanied by Dalrymple's sign, which is a retraction of the upper eyelids resulting in an apparent widening of the palpebral opening. Stellwag's sign is named after Austrian ophthalmologist Karl Stellwag von Carion.
Differential diagnosis Graves-Basedow disease Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter is a medical sign characterized by spasm of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle with retraction of the upper lid (so that sclera is visible above cornea ) seen in Graves-Basedow disease which, together with exophthalmos causes the bulging eyes appearance.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons ... Dysthyroid exophthalmos it is shown that if your eye comes out that it will shrink because ...
Boston's sign is the spasmodic lowering of the upper eyelid on downward rotation of the eye, indicating exophthalmic goiter. [1]Similar to von Graefe's sign, it is observed in people with Graves-Basedow disease, a type of hyperthyroidism.
Exophthalmus was named for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823 (column 1140). [4] It belongs in the tribe Eustylini. [1]In revising the Jamaican species, Vaurie offers an overview to the genus and its taxonomic conflicts. [5]
The main goal of treating optic gliomas is to preserve vision for as long as possible. [5] The tumor's slow and self-limiting growth indicates that it is not immediately problematic in most benign cases, with long-term studies showing that people with optic glioma may still have stable functional vision without intervention.