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2016•Revista Brasileira de OftalmologiaOpen access

Persistent vertical post-facectomy and associated thyroid disease

Daniel Amorim Leite Galton Carvalho Vasconcelos, Ana Rosa Pimentel de Figueiredo, Henderson Celestino de Almeida

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The authors report a case of a 69 year-old woman who developed persistent vertical deviation and diplopia after extracapsular cataract surgery and had a positive past history of thyroid disease. The authors emphasize the need of for detailed orbit propedeutics in order to rule out restrictive strabismus associated with post-facectomy diplopia. Persistent vertical post-facectomy and associated thyroid disease

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The authors report a case of a 69 year-old woman who developed persistent vertical deviation and diplopia after extracapsular cataract surgery and had a positive past history of thyroid disease. The authors emphasize the need of for detailed orbit propedeutics in order to rule out restrictive strabismus associated with post-facectomy diplopia. Persistent vertical post-facectomy and associated thyroid disease

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The authors report a case of a 69 year-old woman who developed persistent vertical deviation and diplopia after extracapsular cataract surgery and had a positive past history of thyroid disease. The authors emphasize the need of for detailed orbit propedeutics in order to rule out restrictive strabismus associated with post-facectomy diplopia. Persistent vertical post-facectomy and associated thyroid disease

Key concepts: Diplopia, Medicine, Thyroid disease, Thyroid, Orbit (dynamics), Strabismus, Graves' disease, Surgery

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