CASE-REPORT OF GRAVES OPTHALMOPATHY FOLLO WING NECK RADIOTHERAPY

Objective. To report a case of a patient who developed a Graves' ophth almopathy class III two weeks after receiving radiotherapy in the neck . Case history. He was a male of 51 years of age with a stage IIIB Hod gkin's disease who received chimio- and radio-therapy two weeks previo us to the ophthalmopathy. The computed axial tomography showed retroor bital changes. The thyroid function tests, including the stimulation w ith thyrotropin releasing hormone and the microsomal and thyroglobulin antibodies were normal. The patient was treated with oral prednisone, followed by retroocular radiotherapy on the right eye. The exophthalm os improved and the diplopia disappeared.