Thyroid eye disease : diagnosis and treatment / edited by Jonathan J. Dutton, Barrett G. Haik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutton, Jonathan J.

Haik, Barrett G. (Barrett George)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thyroid eye disease.

Graves Disease.

Eye Diseases--etiology.

Thyroid Diseases--complications.

Medical Subjects:

Graves Disease.

Eye Diseases--etiology.

Thyroid Diseases--complications.

Physical Description:

xiii, 471 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2002]

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The eponymy of exophthalmos associated with thyroid disease

3. Surgical anatomy of the thyroid gland

4. Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor

5. Laboratory evaluation of Graves' disease

6. Basic concepts of the immune system

7. Mechanisms of immune self-tolerance

8. Role of inflammatory mediators in autoimmune disease

9. Role of cytokines in autoimmune disease

10. Role of adhesion molecules in autoimmune disease

11. Overview of Graves' autoimmune disease

12. Systemic manifestations of Graves' disease

13. Genetics of Graves' disease

14. Environmental factors in the pathogenesis of Graves' disease

15. Graves' disease and myasthenia gravis

16. Pregnancy and hyperthyroidism

17. Medical treatment of systemic Graves' disease

18. Radioactive iodide therapy for Graves' disease

19. Thyroidectomy for Graves' hyperthyroidism

20. Overview of thyroid eye disease: immunological mechanisms

21. Orbital fibroblasts and the TSH receptor in Graves' orbital disease

22. Role of orbital fat in thyroid-associated ophthalmology

23. Eye muscle autoantibodies in Graves' orbital disease

24. Glycosaminoglycans in Graves' orbitopathy

25. The risk of orbital disease following radioactive iodine treatment

26. Cigarette smoking and thyroid eye disease

27. Orbital anatomy and Graves' disease

28. Histopathology of Graves' orbital disease

29. Clinical manifestations of Graves' ophthalmology

30. Orbital imaging in thyroid eye disease

31. Diagnostic ultrasound in Graves' orbital disease

32. Glaucoma in thyroid eye disease

33. Optic neuropathy in thyroid eye disease

34. Medical management of thyroid eye disease

35. External beam radiotherapy for thyroid eye disease

36. Orbital decompression: an overview

37. Fat-only decompression for Graves' orbital disease

38. Practical management of strabismus and diplopia in thyroid eye disease

39. Botulinum toxin for eyelid retraction in Graves' disease

40. Surgical management of eyelid retraction in thyroid eye disease

41. Blepharoplasty in Graves' disease

42. Somatostatin in the treatment of thyroid eye disease

43. Pentoxifylline in the management of thyroid eye disease

44. Engineering a soluble human thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor protein

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824707710

OCLC:

50203868