MYASTHENIA gravis has frequently been described as a clinical entity. It is a disease characterized by abnormal skeletal-muscle fatigability. The cause is unknown. The myoneural junction seems to ...

Graves' disease is an autoimmune condition that causes your thyroid to become hyperactive, making it work harder than it needs to. It is one of the most common thyroid problems and the leading ...

An 18-month-old white female child presented with severe bilateral exophthalmos. She was thought to have Grave's disease because her orbital CT scan showed massively enlarge extraocular muscles. She ...

Orbital metastases represent a rare condition and only 33 cases of metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), usually revealed by slowly progressive exophthalmos, have been described in the ...

The position of the globe and whether there is proptosis (exophthalmos, bulging eye) can also be evaluated on the axial slices. In some cases, clinical assessment of this can be difficult if there is ...

The diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS) relies on defined clinical criteria (Ghent nosology), outlined by international expert opinion to facilitate accurate recognition of this genetic aneurysm ...