Treatment of Graves' Ophthalmopathy

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This week's Journal contains reports of two prospective studies that provide new information concerning not only the treatment but also the natural history of Graves' ophthalmopathy.1 , 2 Ophthalmopathy is but one of the several seemingly unrelated and mysterious components of Graves' disease. The others are hyperthyroidism, localized myxedema, and thyroid acropachy.Nearly all patients with Graves' disease have hyperthyroidism at some time. The clinical manifestations of hyperthyroidism are well known, its presence can be confirmed readily by measurements of serum thyroxine and thyrotropin, and it can be treated effectively. Likewise, nearly all patients with Graves' disease have some ophthalmopathy — that . . .