%0 Journal Article
%T Proptosis ocular: a prop¨Žsito de un caso
%A Foguet Boreu
%A Q.
%A Coll de Tuero
%A G.
%J Medifam
%D 2002
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4321/S1131-57682002000100008
%X ocular proptosis or exophthalmos is not a very commnon finding in the daily clinical practice. for its low frequency and for the multiplicity of etiologies it can be caused by, the ocular proptosis constitute a challenge of diagnosis for the family doctor. we report the case of a right ocular proptosis diagnosed in a 71 years old man. the initial study of an exophtalmos requires an anamnesi, a physique exploration and complementary proof (orbital ecography and thyroidal function). in general, when we find a bilateral exophthalmos we must think of a thyroidal disfunction whereas if is it unilateral, we must suspect an orbital tumor.
%K ocular proptosis
%K exophthalmos
%K orbital mestastasis.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1131-57682002000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en