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OBJECTIVE
To establish the relationship between exophthalmos and obesity.
METHODS
A group of 19 obese patients (body mass index, BMI >/=30 kg/m(2)) was compared with a control group of 45 nonobese individuals (26 > BMI >/= 20 kg/m(2)). Both groups underwent Hertel's exophthalmometry, Goldmann
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Two cases are reported of women aged 18 and 36 years respectively who developed a typical picture of hyperthyroidism by Graves Basedow disease (primary hyperthyroidism, diffuse goiter with increased uptake, positive stimulating thyroid antibodies, exophthalmos). These women had taken drugs for
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CT has proven to be excellent in identifying orbital pathology responsible for proptosis. Occasionally, no discrete mass or extraocular muscle enlargement to explain the exophthalmos is found, only an appearance suggestive of an abnormal increase in orbital fat volume. Fifteen patients were studied
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A 50-year-old male immigrant from Ethiopia presented for consultation after 3 years of hematochezia/melena requiring > 25 units of blood transfusions. Physical examination revealed severe proximal muscle wasting and weakness, central obesity, proptosis, and abdominal striae, accompanied by
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A 62-year-old man with a history of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity, presented for elective lumbar laminectomy for spinal canal stenosis. Twenty minutes after placement in the prone position, he developed left orbital proptosis. The surgery was deferred and a
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OBJECTIVE
During the surgical correction of dysthyroid diplopia, the risk of ischemia by transection of the anterior ciliary arteries is well-known. In order to avoid this, we modified the classical surgical technique: (1) through the preservation of the vascular pedicles during muscle recession and
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An obese white woman presented with a 10-month history of progressive loss of vision in the right eye associated with a moderate proptosis. Examination of the fundus revealed marked congestion of the retinal vasculature with dilation of both the arteries and the veins. Numerous blot hemorrhages were
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A few patterns of orbital fat prolapse have been described. Some are associated with disease, and others may mimic a neoplasm. We have observed prolapse of orbital fat into the infratemporal fossa via the inferior orbital fissure on MR imaging. The clinical relevance of this finding,
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Most patients with hypertension in the United States have essential (primary) hypertension (95%), the cause of which is unknown. The remaining 5% of adults with hypertension have the secondary form of hypertension, the cause and pathophysiologic process of which are known. Internists and other
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BACKGROUND
Madelung's disease is a specific type of benign symmetric lipomatosis, which is characterized by overgrowing fat distributed at the neck and shoulder. This excessive fat accumulation may occur in different regions, including vital organs, such as the larynx, trachea, or the orbits.
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