Keywords:
Thyroid / Parathyroids, Eyes, CT, Radiation therapy / Oncology, Endocrine disorders
Authors:
E. Isdale, Z. Thotathil; Hamilton/NZ
DOI:
10.26044/ranzcr2019/R-0112
Results
During the fifteen year period from 2004-2019 we identified 14 patients treated with orbital radiotherapy for TED at Waikato DHB. Three patients were lost to or had inadequate time for follow up.
Of the remaining 11 patients,
- 36% (4 total) had a mild improvement in symptoms
- 54% (7 total) had moderate or significant improvement in their symptoms
- 45% (5 total) eventually needed decompression surgery due to poor response, 3 of these patients had a mild improvement while 2 had a moderate improvement based on the NOSPECS scoring system.
Demographics Fig. 2
All patients were treated within 2 years of first eye symptoms, range 1-21, median 12 months.