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Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
versão impressa ISSN 0365-6691
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ASENSIO SANCHEZ, VM; NARROS GIMENEZ, A e CARRASCO, E. Progression of thyroid orbit disease after retrobulbar anesthesia. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2004, vol.79, n.11, pp.561-563. ISSN 0365-6691.
Case report: We present a 71 year-old woman with good control of her eye disease who developed a severe Graves' ophthalmopathy after retrobulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery. Discussion: Local pressure in the retrobulbar compartment can cause the development of a severe ophthalmopathy in a patient with Graves' ophthalmopathy.
Palavras-chave : Graves' ophthalmopathy; retrobulbar anesthesia; local trauma.