Radiographic analysis of fatty infiltration of the extraocular muscles in thyroid eye disease
| Autor: | Liza M. Cohen, Michael K. Yoon, Victor Liou, Mary E. Cunnane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures Radiography Eye disease Extraocular muscles 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Humans In patient 030223 otorhinolaryngology Retrospective Studies business.industry Thyroid medicine.disease eye diseases Graves Ophthalmopathy Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies Oculomotor Muscles 030221 ophthalmology & optometry sense organs Fatty infiltration Ct imaging business Orbit |
| Zdroj: | Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 41(1) |
| ISSN: | 1744-5108 |
| Popis: | Fatty infiltration of the extraocular muscles has been described radiographically in patients with thyroid eye disease (TED), yet it has not been studied on a large scale nor quantified. Our purpose was to define and characterize this entity in patients with TED.An IRB-approved cross-sectional retrospective review of medical records identified patients with a clinical diagnosis of TED and at least one CT of the orbits. A 2:1 age and sex-matched control population consisted of patients without a history nor radiographic evidence of orbital disease or systemic thyroid abnormality. The presence of fatty infiltration in each extraocular rectus muscle was defined using Hounsfield units (HU). Laterality, muscles involved, and pattern of fatty infiltration were also evaluated. Student's t-tests, Chi-square, and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare TED and control groups.The study population consisted of 252 patients with TED and 504 age and sex-matched controls. Fatty infiltration was significantly more prevalent in TED patients (36/252, 14.3%) compared to controls (11/504, 2.2%) (This study characterizes fatty infiltration of the extraocular muscles in patients with TED. |
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