THYROID-ASSOCIATED OPHTHALMOPATHY WITH SUSPECTED SECONDARY GLAUCOMA

Abstract

Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is a thyroid hormone imbalance thatmanifests in the eye. The most common TAO is in Grave’s Disease. TAO could increase theintraocular pressure and could cause a glaucoma optic neuropathy and therefore secondaryglaucoma could happen.