[oahz]

#1059601

according to the CT Scan is a fat inflammation, muscle inflammation, or both?

which is more common in graves’?

[Kimberly]

#1176066

Hello – Patients with Graves’ Eye Disease (now more commonly called thyroid eye disease) can have either fat or muscle involvement. However, I have not seen any specific stats that track which is more common.

This is a nice site from the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society, if you are interested in learning more about this condition. However, since you are dealing with a totally different issue than Graves’, I’m not sure whether or not the info here will help you with your specific situation.

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http://thyroideyedisease.org/what-causes-ted-pathogenesis/

Take care!

[snelsen]

#1176067

It is easy it see on the CT scan, the degree of fibrosis (swelling) of the muscles and also see the orbital fat if there is any
I guess you can say inflammation, but that infers that it will subside or get better, which is not the case with fat and fibrosis
I suggest askingg the doc to pull up the CD and show you the fibrotic muscled and fat if you are told that you have these things.
Shirley

[oahz]

#1176068

shirley,

i do not have graves’ disease. my proptosis is due to an injury.

in your case, is your proptosis due to fat or muscle or both?

[snelsen]

#1176069

Hi, oh yes, I remember now. Sorry for all that TEd conversation!
I have both fibrosis and fat. Perhaps you have neither, since the disease process for TED is a completely different etiology.
If you meet any surgeon who tells you, that in your case, removing any present orbital fat will help your proptosis, that is much simpler than an OD, and do check that out with him/her. I have a bulging eye, and so far, I have not decided to have an OD. My decision is affected by having many surgical procedures, some of them total failures. I can see now, I passed my drivers’ test, I wear sun glasses more than other people, and my eyes do not completely close at night. I am trying to weight those facts, against the risks with an OD. I feel differently different days. But right now, I am thinking no. IT is not necessary, and there are certainly risks with an OD.
Shirley

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