An autoimmune disorder of the EYE, occurring in patients with Graves disease. Subtypes include congestive (inflammation of the orbital connective tissue), myopathic (swelling and dysfunction of the extraocular muscles), and mixed congestive-myopathic ophthalmopathy.
Also Known As:
Congestive Ophthalmopathy; Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathy; Edematous Ophthalmopathy; Graves Orbitopathy; Myopathic Ophthalmopathy; Ophthalmopathies, Thyroid-Associated; Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathies; Congestive Ophthalmopathies; Disease, Graves Eye; Disease, Thyroid Eye; Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathies; Edematous Ophthalmopathies; Eye Disease, Graves; Eye Disease, Thyroid; Infiltrative Ophthalmopathies; Infiltrative Ophthalmopathy; Myopathic Ophthalmopathies; Ophthalmopathy, Congestive; Ophthalmopathy, Dysthyroid; Ophthalmopathy, Edematous; Ophthalmopathy, Graves; Ophthalmopathy, Myopathic; Ophthalmopathy, Thyroid Associated; Orbitopathy, Graves; Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathies; Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy; Thyroid Eye Diseases; Graves Eye Disease; Ophthalmopathy, Infiltrative; Ophthalmopathy, Thyroid-Associated; Thyroid Eye Disease; Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy