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exophthalmos::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | symptom |
| Has types | exophthalmic goiter, graves' disease |
Examples of exophthalmos
exophthalmos
Another rare cause of exophthalmos is glaucoma that occurs in early childhood.
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The most common cause of true exophthalmos is Graves'disease.
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- Protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
- Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmia or proptosis) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor). ...
- Greek exo = out, and ophthalmos = eye, hence, prominent eyeball.
- A thyroid related condition where one or both of the eyes may appear protruded. This is a less common condition associated with Graves' disease.
- Bulging forward of the eyes, sometimes caused by thyroid problems
- Protursion of one or both eyeballs as with thyroid disease
- A condition in which the eyeballs protrude or bulge abnormally from their sockets.
