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Demonstration of Delayed Hypersensitivity to Retrobulbar and Thyroid Tissues in Human Exophthalmos

P. R. Mahieu, ROGER J. WINAND

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A positive leukocyte migration test has been found for thyroid and retrobulbar tissue antigens in 9 out of 10 patients with progressive exophthalmos. Six out of 10 patients with Graves' disease but no exophthalmos also exhibited a positive test for the same antigens. Less antigenic protein was necessary to obtain a positive leukocyte migration test in patients with exophthalmos than for patients without exophthalmos. This difference was more evident when retrobulbar tissue was the tested antigen.

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Key concepts: Exophthalmos, Antigen, Medicine, Graves' disease, Thyroid, Exophthalmus, Pathology, Ophthalmology