To physicians, it appeared that the patient surely had Graves’ disease, but this was not the case. Several months before his admission to the Endocrinology Department, a 48-year-old man developed rapidly growing eyelid swelling, the feeling of having sand in his eyes, redness of the conjunctivae, diplopia, and photophobia. He worked as a driver, so the symptoms kept him from his job, and made other everyday activities truly difficult. Neither a family nor personal history revealed any thyroid disease.To read this article in its entirety, please visit our website.
— Marek Ruchala, MD, PhD, Ewelina Szczepanek, MD, PhD, Mariusz Puszczewicz, MD, PhD, Piotr Sosnowski, MD, PhD, Jerzy Sowinski, MD, PhD
This article originally appeared in the March 2011 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
CME Opportunity
For more information about Graves’ Disease, check out this Continuing Medical Education link on the American Journal of Medicine’s website.
