Boston's sign
Medical condition
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| Differential diagnosis | exophthalmic goiter |
Boston's sign is the spasmodic lowering of the upper eyelid on downward rotation of the eye, indicating exophthalmic goiter.[1]
Similar to von Graefe's sign, it is observed in people with Graves-Basedow disease, a type of hyperthyroidism. In this disease, the immune system attacks the thyroid gland and the soft tissues surrounding the eyes. As a result, the eyes are often pushed forward in the eye sockets, a condition known as exophthalmos.
See also
- Graves orbitopathy
References
- ^ Cline D; Hofstetter HW; Griffin JR. Dictionary of Visual Science. 4th ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston 1997. ISBN 0-7506-9895-0
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Thyroid disease
- Iodine deficiency
- Cretinism
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Myxedema
- Myxedema coma
- Euthyroid sick syndrome
- Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome
- Signs and symptoms
- Thyroid dyshormonogenesis
- Pickardt syndrome
- Hypothyroid myopathy
- KDSS
- Hoffmann syndrome
- CMS
- Atrophic type
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