The evaluation of retrobulbar fat tissue in Graves' orbitopathy with shear-wave ultrasound elastography.

İrfan Botan Güneş Hakan Yilmaz Eda Demir Onal

Published in: International ophthalmology (2024)

We detected SWE values of retrobulbar adipose tissue high in GO, especially in the IGO group. Such a situation, which we associated with the development of fibrosis, may be an indicator of unresponsiveness to immunomodulatory treatments.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
liver fibrosis
insulin resistance
high fat diet
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced ultrasound