Evaluation of pupillary function in thyroid disease

A B Hreidarsson, P Laurberg

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Abstract

Employing the technique of infrared television pupillography, the pupil area in darkness, pupillary unrest, and various parameters of the light response were measured in 5 patients with clinical and biochemical overt thyrotoxicosis and in 2 patients with longstanding severe primary myxoedema. The patients were studied before and after medical treatment. The treatments did not induce significant alterations in any of the parameters measured. Thus pupillary measurements are not a convenient method for recording of peripheral thyroid hormone action.

Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Ophthalmologica
Volume60
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)641-6
Number of pages6
ISSN0001-639X
Publication statusPublished - Aug 1982
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adaptation, Ocular
  • Adult
  • Computers
  • Dark Adaptation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Light
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myxedema
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Pupil
  • Thyroiditis, Autoimmune

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