Available Courses

Intracanalicular Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Jason C. Fan, MD, PhD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Fan, Lam
Intracanalicular Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma A middle-aged patient with a PMH of breast cancer, migraines, and hyperlipidemia presents to the Bascom Palmer ER with a chief complaint of headache and left eye blurry vision for the past month. Recent work-up outside is remarkable for normal laborato…

Juvenile Psammomatous Ossifying Fibroma

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Somya Chowdhary, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Nickalus Khan, MD; Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Chowdhary, Dubovy, Khan, Mendoza Santiesteban
Juvenile Psammomatous Ossifying Fibroma An 18-year-old female presented with blurry vision, headaches for 4 months. She was diagnosed to have papilledema on an outside eye exam and referred to BPEI. Her visual acuity was 20/20 OD, 20/100 OS. Additionally, she was noted to have junctional scotoma on…

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Maja Kostic, MD, PhD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD; Craig A. McKeown, MD; Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Kostic, Lam, McKeown, Mendoza Santiesteban
Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy – LHON An 18-year-old healthy man was evaluated in the eye emergency room for acute progressive painless vision loss in both eyes. First was affected a right eye and a six days later, left eye was affected too. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/800 right eye an…

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Somya Chowdhary, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD; Carlos E. Mendoza-Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Chowdhary, Lam, Mendoza-Santiesteban
Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy An 18-year-old male presented to the ER with bilateral decreased vision and eye pain for 10 days. His visual acuity was HM OD, 20/300 OS. He was noted to have disc pallor OD and temporal pallor with slight nasal elevation OS on fundus exam. His MRI showed T2 hyper …

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Type: Medical Student Education
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Chris R. Alabiad, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Alabiad

In this module, we will look at:




Anatomy / Pathways / Light Reflex


Optic Neuritis


Papilledema


NAION


Giant Cell Arteritis


Inherited Optic Neuropathies


Other Optic Neuropathies


Neuroimaging in Neuro-ophthalmology

Include in Catalogue?: No
Presenter(s): Hong Jiang, MD, PhD
Presenter/Faculty: Jiang

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Shahnaz Miri, MD, MBA
Faculty Discussant(s): Carlos E. Mendoza-Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Mendoza Santiesteban, Miri
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) A patient presented to the emergency room with acute vision loss in the left eye for two weeks. Examination revealed 20/400 vision, crowded nerve with blurred margin, and afferent pupillary defect in the left eye. MRI orbit with and without contrast re…

Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): David Wade Redick, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Hong Jiang, MD, PhD
Presenter/Faculty: Jiang, Redick
Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Department with acute onset painless decreased vision in the right eye after awaking from sleep. The patient was found to have unilateral optic disc edema in the right eye. Visual acuity was 20/20 in…

Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Ying Chen, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Chen, Lam
Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy We report a case of a 32-year-old male who presents with a four days blurry vision in the left eye. Patient denied any associated pain or systemic symptoms. His review of system includes mild gastrointestinal discomfort 2 years prior that led to eventual remo…

Ocular Bartonella Henselae Infection

Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Thomas A. Albini, MD; Jason C. Fan, MD, PhD; Benjamin R. Lin, MD; Landon J. Rohowetz, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Albini, Fan, Lin, Rohowetz

A patient with ocular Bartonella henselae infection manifesting as neuroretinitis and branch retinal artery occlusion.

Ocular Ischemic Syndrome

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Ann V. Quan, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Norman Schatz, MD; Jayanth Sridhar, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Quan, Schatz, Sridhar
Ocular Ischemic Syndrome Ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) is a rare condition associated with severe carotid artery occlusive disease leading to ocular hypoperfusion. It typically presents at mean age of 65, there is no racial predilection, and is two times more common in men than women. It is typica…

Pediatric Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Maja Kostic, MD, PhD; Byron L. Lam, MD; Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Kostic, Lam, Patel

A 7-year-old patient with fundus photos showing temporal optic nerve pallor OU. Vision was 20/400 and 20/800. Ganglion cell layer of the patients male first cousin reveals diffuse thinning.

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Patel

Fundus photo with peripheral hyperpigmentation and bone spicules. Angiogram demonstrating peripheral atrophy and mild vessel leakage. OCT with cystoid macula edema.

Visual Field Defects in Chiasmal and Retrochiasmal Disorders

Include in Catalogue?: No
Presenter(s): Hong Jiang, MD, PhD
Presenter/Faculty: Jiang

Vitamin A Deficiency

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Nicole J. Topilow, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Topilow
Vitamin A Deficiency A 73-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for Crohn’s disease and recently diagnosed colon cancer with recent sigmoid colon resection, presented with ten days of blurry vision in both eyes and nyctalopia. Onset of her symptoms was during a hospitalization fo…

Vitreopapillary Traction Syndrome

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Shahnaz Miri, MD, MBA
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD; Carlos E. Mendoza-Santiesteban, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Miri, Lam, Mendoza-Santiesteban
Vitreopapillary Traction Syndrome The patient presented to the emergency room (ER) with recent-onset photopsia and blurred vision in the left eye, ocular discomfort, and headache. Examination revealed 20/25 vision in the left eye, blurred disc margin, and inferior disc hemorrhage. MRI orbit was unr…