Book Description

In recent years, close interdisciplinary cooperation of numerous international experts, both clinicians and basic scientists, within the European Group of Graves' orbitopathy (EUGOGO) has yielded much valuable progress and new information, which this publication brings together. Subjects covered include the pathology of Graves' orbitopathy (GO) and the controversial views on its pathogenesis; assessment of changes using reliable measuring techniques; medical management of GO including established and alternative treatment options; technical explanations and illustrations of various surgical procedures and finally, the molecular, immunologic, and clinical aspects of this complex disorder. Stressing the current management of thyroid eye disease, this book offers medical practitioners a thorough overview of associated changes in the eyes of patients with GO. Therefore, this publication is an essential resource for ophthalmologists, internists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, immunologists, specialists in nuclear medicine, neuroradiologists and radiotherapists, specialists in laboratory medicine and pathology, otorhinolaryngologists, orbital and neurosurgeons as well as oral and maxillofacial surgeons.