Thyroid eye disease can occur as a result of graves disease, or hyperthyroidism. Infiltration of the muscles and tissues surrounding the eye can cause poor eye movement, proptosis, or bulging of the eyes, double vision, eyelid malpositioning, and visual loss. Management of patients with this disease is often multidisciplinary and includes endocrinologists, internists, strabismus surgeons, ophthalmologists, and oculoplastic surgeons. Patients with severe sight-threatening progression of the disease often require high-dose steroid treatment, radiation therapy, or surgery to decompress the eye and preserve sight. Patients may also require surgery to straighten the muscles that move the eye and eyelid surgery.

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