Hashimoto’s disease, which is associated with thyroid ophthalmopathy: a case report

Hashimoto’s disease is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. Since it is an autoimmune disease, the incidence of other autoimmune diseases has increased with Hashimoto’s disease. Extra-thyroidal involvements are also seen due to the autoantibodies that play a role in the etiopathogenesis of the disease. One of these is ophthalmopathy. We aimed to report the association of ophthalmopathy with Hashimoto’s disease which is frequently associated with Graves’ disease and to report the mechanism involved in pathogenesis in the light of literature.