Stella Bruce* ¹ and Kimberly Cockerham MD, FACS²

¹Neuroscience Undergraduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
²Senta Clinic, San Diego, CA

*Corresponding Author: Stella Bruce, Neuroscience Undergraduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Received: August 11, 2023; Published: August 24, 2023

Abstract

A significant portion of patients diagnosed with Grave’s Disease have TED that manifest as lid retraction, proptosis, and diplopia [3]. We report a case of a 40-year-old woman who presented with symptoms including rapid heart rate and weight loss. She was initially diagnosed with Grave’s Disease in June 2021 but with a notable change in eye appearance in October 2021 was diagnosed with conjunctivitis. Only a fter the persistence of her conjunctivitis and early morning onset diplopia did she see an oculoplastic specialist who deemed her symptoms more consistent with TED. Thereby emphasizing the importance of further evaluation of signs and symptoms of patients with unilateral or bilateral conjunctivitis blurred vision, diplopia, spontaneous orbital pain, dry eyes, redness, eye fatigue, burning, itching, and photophobia.

 Keywords: Thyroid; Eye; Disease; Masquerade; Conjunctivitis

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Citation

Citation: Stella Bruce and Kimberly Cockerham MD, FACS. “Thyroid Eye Disease Can Masquerade as Conjunctivitis".Acta Scientific Ophthalmology 6.9 (2023): 30-32.

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Copyright: © 2023 Stella Bruce and Kimberly Cockerham MD, FACS. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.