Hyperthyroidism (particularly Graves disease) is probably the most common cause of bulging eyes.

The eye problem is an effect of her thyroid condition, Graves disease.

Graves disease causes the thyroid to produce excess levels of hormones.

Between 2006 and 2008, Ponto et al. surveyed 250 Graves' disease patients.

The orbit of the eye, including mechanical restrictions of eye movement, as in Graves disease.

She was diagnosed as having Graves disease earlier this year.

Hyperthyroidism is most often caused by Graves disease or an overactive thyroid nodule.

It is rare for two biologically unrelated people in the same household to develop Graves disease within two years of each other.

It occurs in patients with exophthalmos in Graves disease.

Other risk factors include Graves disease and chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum.