DENVER — New research suggests that progression of thyroid eye disease is not limited to the early disease period, with a number of patients experiencing progression years after diagnosis.
At the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting, Madhura A. Tamhankar, MD, told Healio that the traditional understanding of thyroid eye disease (TED) progression, the Rundle’s Curve, suggests that an acute phase of the disease begins with inflammation and bulging of the eyes. The condition then progresses for about 18 months, followed by a plateau stage.
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