Abstract
Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a chronic debilitating condition which causes physical discomfort, oculo-facial disfigurement and compromised visual function. Around 25% of people with Graves’ hyperthyroidism are affected by TED, where 1 in 20 patients might report with moderate-to-severe, active disease that will require medical management for reducing both TED activity and severity. The mainstay of medical management involves intravenous corticosteroids for active moderate-to-severe TED. After accurate understanding of the mechanism and pathophysiology of this disease, investigations and randomized clinical trials have been conducted. The role of immunotherapy targeting and influencing different biomolecular pathways including that of T cells, B cells, cytokines and cell surface receptors have been investigated in various randomized clinical trials. This review article addresses the epidemiology, associated risk factors, recent advances in pathophysiology, newer diagnostic tools and current management options available for TED which include the use of immunosuppressive drugs like rituximab (RTX), tocilizumab, infliximab (IFX), etanercept ( ETN) and teprotumumab etc.
Topics

No keywords indexed for this article. Browse by subject →

References
119
[1]
Philadelphia S R, Management of Thyroid Eye Disease [Internet]. [cited 2021 Jun 11]..
[4]
Graves: Clinical lectures - Google Scholar.Med and Surg J.516-17
[7]
Perros P, Hegedus L, Bartalena L, Graves’ orbitopathy as a rare disease in Europe: a Europian Group on Graves’ Orbitopathy 9EUGOGO 0 position statement.Orphanet J Rare Dis 2017;12(1):72 10.1186/s13023-017-0625-1
[13]
Bartalena L, Pinchera A, Marcocci C, Management of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy: Reality and Perspectives*.Endocr Rev 2000;21(2):168-99 10.1210/edrv.21.2.0393
[14]
Villadolid MC, Yokoyama N, Izumi M, Nishikawa T, Kimura H, Ashizawa K, Untreated Graves’ disease patients without clinical ophthalmopathy demonstrate a high frequency of extraocular muscle (EOM) enlargement by magnetic resonance.J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1995;80(9):2830-3 10.1210/jcem.80.9.7673432
[16]
Bartley GB, The epidemiologic characteristics and clinical course of ophthalmopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease in Olmsted County.Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1994;92:477-588
[17]
Pathogenesis of thyroid eye disease: review and update on molecular mechanisms

Jwu Jin Khong, Alan A McNab, Peter R Ebeling et al.

British Journal of Ophthalmology 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307399
[23]
Human orbital fibroblasts are activated through CD40 to induce proinflammatory cytokine production

Gregory D. Sempowski, Julia Rozenblit, Terry J. Smith et al.

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.3.c707
[24]
Zhao LQ, Wei RL, Cheng JW, Cai JP, Li Y, The Expression of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Induced by CD40-CD40L Ligand Signaling in Orbital Fibroblasts in Patients with Graves’ Ophthalmopathy.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010;51(9):4652-60 10.1167/iovs.09-3789
[32]
Tsai CC, Wu SB, Cheng CY, Kao SC, Kau HC, Lee SM, Increased response to oxidative stress challenge in Graves’ ophthalmopathy orbital fibroblasts.Mol Vis 2011;17:2782-8
[42]
Burch HB, Wartofsky L, Graves’ ophthalmopathy: current concepts regarding pathogenesis and management.Endocr Rev 1993;14(6):747-93 10.1210/edrv-14-6-747
[44]
Epidemiology and Prevention of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy | Thyroid [Internet]. [cited 2021 Jun 11]..
[48]
Choi CJ, Oropesa S, Callahan AB, Glass LR, Teo L, Cestari DM, Patterns of visual field changes in thyroid eye disease.Orbit 2017;36(4):201-7 10.1080/01676830.2017.1314510

Showing 50 of 119 references

Cited By
4
IP International Journal of Ocular...
Metrics
4
Citations
119
References
Details
Published
Jul 15, 2021
Vol/Issue
7(2)
Pages
117-130
Cite This Article
Sahil Agrawal, Rajendra Prakash Maurya, Ananya P R, et al. (2021). Recent advances in thyroid eye disease: An overview. IP International Journal of Ocular Oncology and Oculoplasty, 7(2), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijooo.2021.027
Related

You May Also Like

Management of impacted corneal foreign bodies: A review

Deepsekhar Das, Sahil Agrawal · 2021

8 citations

Recent update on pterygium

Rajendra Prakash Maurya, Ashish Gupta · 2022

6 citations

Surgical approaches to the orbit - The past and the present

Deepsekhar Das, Sujeeth Modaboyina · 2021

5 citations