CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND
ENDOCRINE
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edema
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exophthalmos
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gynecomastia
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hirsutism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Exophthalmos, also known as proptosis, is a medical term for a bulging or protruding eyeball or eyeballs. It’s most often caused by thyroid eye disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Exophthalmos (also known as proptosis) is the protrusion of one eye or both anteriorly out of the orbit. It derives from Greek, meaning ‘bulging eyes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most common cause of bulging eyes is an autoimmune disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks cells in the thyroid gland and the tissue behind the eye. Proptosis in people with thyroid issues is also called thyroid eye disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -Leukemias. Meningioma, (of sphenoid wing) Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Hand–Schüller–Christian disease. Hemangioma, cavernous.