Abstract
The influence of MRI on severity grading and activity staging in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) was evaluated.The results showed that MRI had a higher detection rate in abnormalextraocular muscle than NOSPECS scores(χ~2 = 19.37,P = 0.000).MRI had higher sensitivity,specificity,and accuracy in detection of active TAO than clinical activity score (100% vs 95.7%,88.2% vs 35.3%,96.9% vs 79.7%,respectively).Therefore,MRI improves early detection of atypical grade 4 cases.Signal intensity elevation in adipose suppressed T2WI is helpful to define active stage. Key words: Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy; NOSPECS scores; Clinical activity; Magnetic resonance imaging
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