Buscar en
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition) Thyroid orbitopathy masked a carotid-cavernous fistula. Case report
Journal Information
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
9
Short communication
Thyroid orbitopathy masked a carotid-cavernous fistula. Case report
Orbitopatía tiroidea enmascara una fístula carótido-cavernosa. Presentación de un caso
Visits
9
M. Urdapilleta-Contreras
Corresponding author
murdapilletac@gmail.com

Corresponding author.
, L. Padilla-Pérez, A. Aguilar-Ruiz, A. Verdugo-Unigarro
Instituto de Oftalmología, Fundación de Asistencia Privada Conde de Valenciana IAP, Mexico City, Mexico
This item has received
Received 22 January 2019. Accepted 08 May 2019
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (3)
Show moreShow less
Abstract

The case concerns a 73-year-old female with a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism of 8 months onset. Since then, she has suffered hyperaemia and ocular proptosis. Bilateral exophthalmos was observed in the physical examination, along with mild conjunctival hyperaemia in the right eye associated with dilated episcleral vessels. Computed tomography showed enlarged inferior rectus with no signs of ocular nerve or ophthalmic superior vein compression. In the orbital Doppler ultrasound scan, there was an arterialised flow over the superior ophthalmic vein, giving a possible diagnosis of cavernous carotid. Thyroid orbitopathy with a cavernous carotid fistula is an unusual combination in which the clinical signs of both pathologies can mask the complete diagnosis; thus it is important to be acquainted with both pathologies for their correct management and multidisciplinary treatment.

Keywords:
Hyperthyroidism
Fistula
Thyroid orbitopathy
Strabismus
Orbit
Resumen

Mujer de 73 años que acude a consulta con diagnóstico de hipertiroidismo de 8 meses de evolución. Desde entonces comenzó con hiperemia y proptosis ocular. En la exploración se observa exoftalmos bilateral de predominio derecho, ligera hiperemia conjuntival en ojo derecho asociada a vasos epiesclerales aumentados en su calibre con forma de cabeza de medusa. Tomografía computada con recto inferior aumentado de calibre sin datos de compresión de nervio óptico. En el estudio doppler de órbita se encuentra un flujo arteriorizado sobre la vena oftálmica superior con un posible diagnóstico de fístula carótido-cavernosa. La orbitopatía tiroidea relacionada a una fístula carótido-cavernosa es una asociación infrecuente, ya que los datos clínicos de una de las patologías pueden enmascarar a la otra, por lo que es importante el conocimiento de ambas enfermedades para su correcto diagnóstico y tratamiento multidisciplinario.

Palabras clave:
Hipertiroidismo
Fístula
Orbitopatía tiroidea
Estrabismo
Órbita

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition)
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
Tools
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos