Partial Vision Loss After Orbital Decompression in a Patient With Thyroid Eye Disease, Chorioretinal Folds, and Disc Edema

Lauren N DeMaria; Ann Q Tran; Andrea A Tooley; Valerie I Elmalem; Irina Belinsky

doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000001174

Partial Vision Loss After Orbital Decompression in a Patient With Thyroid Eye Disease, Chorioretinal Folds, and Disc Edema

J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Sep 1;41(3):e366-e368. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001174.

Authors

Lauren N DeMaria¹, Ann Q Tran, Andrea A Tooley, Valerie I Elmalem, Irina Belinsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology (LD, AQT, AT, IB), New York University, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AQT, AT), Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, New York; and Department of Ophthalmology (VIE), New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

PMID: 33630776
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001174

Abstract

Concomitant chorioretinal folds with disc edema can be seen in cases of thyroid eye disease presenting with compressive optic neuropathy and may portend optic nerve ischemia. We describe an unusual case of a 64-year-old man who developed partial vision loss after orbital decompression.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blindness / diagnosis
Blindness / etiology*
Blindness / physiopathology
Choroid Diseases / complications
Choroid Diseases / diagnosis
Choroid Diseases / surgery*
Decompression, Surgical / adverse effects*
Follow-Up Studies
Graves Ophthalmopathy / complications
Graves Ophthalmopathy / diagnosis
Graves Ophthalmopathy / surgery*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Papilledema / complications
Papilledema / diagnosis
Papilledema / surgery*
Postoperative Complications*
Retinal Diseases / complications
Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
Retinal Diseases / surgery*
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods
Visual Acuity