Diseases

Graves Ophthalmopathy

An autoimmune disorder of the EYE, occurring in patients with Graves disease. Subtypes include congestive (inflammation of the orbital connective tissue), myopathic (swelling and dysfunction of the extraocular muscles), and mixed congestive-myopathic ophthalmopathy.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

An autoimmune disorder of the EYE, occurring in patients with Graves disease. Subtypes include congestive (inflammation of the orbital connective tissue), myopathic (swelling and dysfunction of the extraocular muscles), and mixed congestive-myopathic ophthalmopathy.

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Synonyms

32 entry terms
  • Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathy
  • Graves Eye Disease
  • Graves Orbitopathy
  • Ophthalmopathies, Thyroid-Associated
  • Ophthalmopathy, Thyroid-Associated
  • Thyroid Eye Disease
  • Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathies
  • Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy
  • Disease, Graves Eye
  • Disease, Thyroid Eye
  • Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathies
  • Eye Disease, Graves
  • Eye Disease, Thyroid
  • Ophthalmopathy, Dysthyroid
  • Ophthalmopathy, Graves
  • Ophthalmopathy, Thyroid Associated
  • Orbitopathy, Graves
  • Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathies
  • Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy
  • Thyroid Eye Diseases
  • Congestive Ophthalmopathy
  • Edematous Ophthalmopathy
  • Myopathic Ophthalmopathy
  • Ophthalmopathy, Infiltrative
  • Congestive Ophthalmopathies
  • Edematous Ophthalmopathies
  • Infiltrative Ophthalmopathies
  • Infiltrative Ophthalmopathy
  • Myopathic Ophthalmopathies
  • Ophthalmopathy, Congestive
  • Ophthalmopathy, Edematous
  • Ophthalmopathy, Myopathic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2006; use GRAVES DISEASE 1997-2005

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Previous Indexing

  • Graves Disease (1987-2005)

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NLM Classification

WK 265

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Graves Ophthalmopathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049970. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049970
  2. Graves Ophthalmopathy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graves%27_ophthalmopathy
  3. Graves Ophthalmopathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1340722