Kocher Sign Eye. Although rai therapy is one of the primary treatment modalities for ted it can also have a disastrous effect on the vision. Kocher graduated from the west virginia university school of medicine in 1978. Kocher s sign is a medical sign that denotes an eyelid phenomenon in hyperthyroidism and basedow s disease.
In conclusion active thyroid eye disease often presents as pseudoptosis instead of the classical lid retraction with starry gaze kocher sign. Kocher eye center office locations. Although rai therapy is one of the primary treatment modalities for ted it can also have a disastrous effect on the vision. Kocher eye center columbia south carolina.
Squint and lack of convergence of eyeball become obvious when patient stares at a close object moebius s sign and there is a dissinergism between eye ball s and superior eyelid s movement especially when patient is looking downward von graefe s sign and between eyeballs and frontal muscles movements when patient is looking upward kocher s.
Currently kocher eye center specializes in ophthalmology with 1 physician. Kocher is affiliated with palmetto health richland hospital providence health and providence health northeast. Kocher s sign is a medical sign that denotes an eyelid phenomenon in hyperthyroidism and basedow s disease. In fact upper eyelid retraction is the most common ocular sign of graves orbitopathy. In fixation on a fast upwards movement there occurs a convulsive retraction of the eyelid.