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Exposure Keratitis Secondary To Thyroid Orbitopathy: A Case Report

Tiroid Orbitopatiye Sekonder Ekspojur Keratit: Olgu Sunumu

Merve Çetin(İzmir Şehir Hastanesi)0000-0002-8750-5110
Tuncay Küsbeci(SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İZMİR TIP FAKÜLTESİ, İZMİR TIP PR.)0000-0002-5169-4140
Bora Yüksel(SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İZMİR TIP FAKÜLTESİ, İZMİR TIP PR.)0000-0001-5998-9122
Pages
26–30
Publication Date
2026-03-26
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Differential diagnosis should be made from other conditions that may cause exposure keratitis.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Aim: Exposure keratitis due to thyroid orbitopathy is a rare condition and we aimed to present its clinical follow-up and treatment in our case report.
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Key Findings & Data:Case: An 18-year-old male patient applied to our emergency department with decreased vision, light sensitivity, pain, redness, epiphora and purulent discharge in the right eye for a week.
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Conclusion & Impact:Differential diagnosis should be made from other conditions that may cause exposure keratitis.
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⚙️Variables:tiroid orbitopati · ekspojur keratit · ekzoftalmus

Abstract

Aim: Exposure keratitis due to thyroid orbitopathy is a rare condition and we aimed to present its clinical follow-up and treatment in our case report. Case: An 18-year-old male patient applied to our emergency department with decreased vision, light sensitivity, pain, redness, epiphora and purulent discharge in the right eye for a week. Bilateral proptosis was present in his ophthalmological examination. Visual acuities were 2.70 logMAR on the right and 0.00 logMAR on the left . He had no known additional disease but had a history of smoking . IOP was normal with palpation on the right and 17 mm Hg on the left. Slit-lamp examination revealed an intense lid edema, chemosis, ciliary injection, and 7x5 mm keratitis center on the right and conjunctival hyperemia, punctate epitheliopathy, prominent in the lower 1/3 of the cornea on the left. Eye movements were limited and painful in nine quadrants of the right eye. Restriction of outward, upward-outward and downward-outward gaze was observed in the left eye. Right fundus could not be seen in fundoscopic examination, the left fundus was normal. On ocular ultrasonic examination, the retina was attached to the fundus and there was no reaction in the vitreous on the right. The patient was evaluated as exposure keratitis secondary to thyroid orbitopathy as a result of physical examination, analyzes and imaging. He was treated and followed up in our clinic. Conclusion: : Although exposure keratitis due to thyroid orbitopathy is rare, it is one of the complications that threatens vision and requires aggressive treatment. Differential diagnosis should be made from other conditions that may cause exposure keratitis.

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Amaç: Tiroid orbitopatiye sekonder gelişen ekspojur keratiti, nadir görülen ancak görme açısından ciddi riskler barındıran bir klinik tablodur. Bu olgu sunumunda, söz konusu durumun klinik seyri ve uygulanan tedavi süreci ayrıntılı şekilde değerlendirilmektedir. Olgu Sunumu: On sekiz yaşında erkek hasta, bir haftadır sağ gözde görme azalması, ışık hassasiyeti, ağrı, kızarıklık, yaşarma ve akıntı şikayetleri ile acil servisimize başvurdu. Göz muayenesinde her iki gözde belirgin proptozis mevcuttu. Görme keskinliği sağ gözde 2.70 logMAR, sol gözde ise 0.00 logMAR olarak saptandı. Hastanın bilinen sistemik bir hastalığı bulunmamakla birlikte, sigara kullanma öyküsü mevcuttu. Göz içi basıncı sağ gözde palpasyonla normal, sol gözde ise 17 mmHg olarak ölçüldü. Biyomikroskobik muayenede sağ gözde ileri derecede kapak ödemi, kemozis, siliyer enjeksiyon ve 7x5 mm boyutlarında merkezi yerleşimli keratit alanı izlendi. Sol gözde konjonktival hiperemi ve korneanın alt üçte birlik kısmında belirgin punktat epiteliyopati tespit edildi. Sağ gözde dokuz kadranda göz hareketleri kısıtlı ve ağrılıydı; sol gözde ise dışa, yukarı-dışa ve aşağı-dışa bakışlarda hareket kısıtlılığı mevcuttu. Fundoskopik değerlendirmede sağ fundus aydınlanamazken, sol fundus normaldi. Oküler ultrasonografi ile sağ gözde retina yatışık olup, vitreusta patolojik bir bulguya rastlanmadı. Fizik muayene, laboratuvar analizleri ve görüntüleme bulguları sonucunda olgu, tiroid orbitopatiye sekonder gelişmiş ekspojur keratiti olarak değerlendirildi. Hasta kliniğimizde izlem ve tedavi altına alındı. Sonuç: Tiroid orbitopatiye sekonder ekspojur keratiti nadir görülmekle birlikte, görme kaybı ile sonuçlanabilecek önemli bir komplikasyondur ve hızlı, agresif bir tedavi yaklaşımı gerektirir. Bu nedenle ayırıcı tanıda ekspojur keratitine neden olabilecek diğer etiyolojiler de mutlaka göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır.

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Altınyollar, A., Çetin, M., Küsbeci, T., Yüksel, B. (2026). Exposure Keratitis Secondary To Thyroid Orbitopathy: A Case Report. İzmir Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 26–30. https://doi.org/10.57221/izmirtip.1701470

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