Robert Goldberg, MD, Frank Dabby Professor, Opthalmology Chief, Orbital and Opthalmic Plastic Surgery, UCLA, discusses treatment for Graves Eye Disease, which mainly focuses on medical therapy. IV steroids are more effective than oral steroids.Cytotoxic agents such as methotrexate are also being studied. Radiation therapy to the orbit is still a viable treatment option. Diplopia is the most signifigant sequela of the eye disease, so treatment is targeted at reducing this.

Reading:

Olivari N. [Endocrine ophthalmopathy: surgical treatment] HNO. 2010 Jan;58(1):8-10, 12-4. German.

Ponto KA, Pitz S, Mann WJ, Weber MM, Pfeiffer N, Kahaly GJ. target=”_blank”>[Management of Graves’ orbitopathy: evidence-based recommendations] Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2009 Dec;134(49):2521-4. Epub 2009 Nov 25. German.

Wiersinga WM. Therapy: evidence-based treatment of Graves ophthalmopathy. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2009 Dec;5(12):653-4.

Sponsored by The Doctor’s Channel