Bilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Piero Carletti, BS
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD
Discussant(s): Victor L. Perez, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Carletti, Perez
Bilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency Ocular burns are ophthalmic emergencies that can lead to severe long-lasting visual morbidity and disability. The prognosis for visual recovery is largely determined by the degree of ocular tissue damage on initial presentation, especially the extent of limbal …
Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Margaret Wang French, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Ta Chen Peter Chang, MD; Angela Y. Zhu, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Chang, Wang, Zhu
Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy A young patient presented with progressive “eye color changes” noted for at least 2 years. Her parents also noted increasing photophobia and her eyes turning inwards for extended periods of time. Her exam was notable for best corrected visual acuity o…
Smooth Muscle Hamartoma
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Yoseph Sayegh, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Nathan W. Blessing, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Blessing, Dubovy, Sayegh
Smooth Muscle Hamartoma Our patient presented due to a one-year history of a slowly growing conjunctival lesion. A large, red, non-tender lesion of the right bulbar conjunctiva was identified on examination. It did not improve after several weeks of medical management with steroids. He had no previ…
Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome, Cogan-Reese/Iris Nevus Syndrome Subtype with Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Jonathan D. Tijerina, MD, MA
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Elena Bitrian, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Bitrian, Tijerina
Iridocorneal Endothelial (ICE) Syndrome, Cogan-Reese/Iris Nevus Syndrome Subtype with Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma A patient presented with a 3-day history of unilateral worsening eye pain, blurry vision and irregular pupil in the right eye. Found to have elevated IOP at an outside facility and…
Iridocorneal Endothelial (ICE) Syndrome, Cogan-Reese/Iris Nevus Syndrome Subtype
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Elena Bitrian, MD; Jonathan D. Tijerina, MD, MA
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Bitrian, Tijerina
Slit lamp examination discloses corneal endothelial irregularity, trace MCCE, iridocorneal touch with high PAS at 1:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:30, pigmented nodules, and correctopia in the right eye.
Lisch Corneal Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Lily Zhang, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Dubovy, Karp, Zhang
Lisch Corneal Dystrophy A patient presented with blurry vision in the left eye and was found to have a pigmented superficial corneal lesion which showed hyperreflectivity without thickening on the AS-OCT. The lesion was biopsied and confirmed to be Lisch corneal dystrophy on pathology. The lesion r…
Granular Corneal Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Benjamin R. Lin, MD; Angela Y. Zhu, MD, MBA
Presenter/Faculty: Lin, Zhu
Case of granular dystrophy treated with penetrating keratoplasty.
Lisch Corneal Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Carol L. Karp, MD; Lily Zhang, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Karp, Zhang
Slit lamp photo of biopsy proven Lisch Corneal dystrophy.
Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Conjunctiva
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Flavius Beca, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Beca, Dubovy, Karp
Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Conjunctiva A patient presented to the BPEI Emergency Room with a painless red eye for the past 3 months. Past medical history was limited to a recent hospitalization for a complicated pneumonia and a new diagnosis of HIV. Examination of the eye revealed an elevated, vascula…
Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Victor H. Banda, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Banda, Dubovy, Karp
Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia A patient presented to BPEI for a cornea evaluation with blurred vision, foreign body sensation and redness for 1 year duration. The exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/150 in the right eye. Intraocular pressure was 8 in the right eye, Slit lamp exam was most …
Penetrating Ocular Fishhook Injury
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Humberto Salazar, III, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD; Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Discussant(s): Diana M. Laura, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Flynn, Laura, Salazar, Yannuzzi
Penetrating Ocular Fishhook Injury A patient with a history of stroke, hypertension, and pseudophakia of both eyes, presented with eye trauma while fishing without protective eyewear. While reeling in, his fishhook flew out of the water and hit him in the right eye. On presentation, his right eye v…
Kaposi's Sarcoma
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Flavius Beca, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Beca
Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunctiva.
OSSN Masquerading as a Pinguecula/Severe Dry Eye
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Victor H. Banda, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Banda, Dubovy, Karp
Patient presents with unilateral blurred vision, foreign body sensation and redness. Picture on the right shows gelatinous pinguecula at limbal location 4 clock hour, corneal surface with significant PEE. Picture on the left is HR-OCT that shows thickened and hyperreflective epithelium with abrupt …
Penetrating Ocular Fishhook Injury
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Diana M. Laura, MD; Humberto Salazar, III, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Laura, Salazar
Corneal Decompensation
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Caroline L. Lieux, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Presenter/Faculty: Dubovy, Galor, Lieux
Corneal Decompensation Corneal decompensation in the setting of glaucoma surgery is a complex entity that is poorly understood. Endothelial cell loss occurs from both the glaucoma itself and from the placement of intraocular glaucoma devices. This decline in endothelial cells occurs via direct and …
Stickler Syndrome
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Lediana Goduni, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Audina M. Berrocal, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Berrocal, Goduni
Stickler Syndrome This presentation describes a teenage patient who presented with bilateral retinal detachments. He has a strong family history of Stickler Syndrome. Additionally, there is a family history of multiple types of cancers, specifically GI cancers. The patient underwent an exam under a…
Epithelial Downgrowth
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Erin Ong, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Dubovy, Karp, Ong
Epithelial Downgrowth A patient with a history of bilateral corneal transplants, glaucoma drainage device, and iris cysts presented with gradually decreasing vision after surgical removal of the cyst and cataract surgery in that eye. The patient was diagnosed with epithelial downgrowth and underwen…
High Myopia
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Hannah Muniz Castro, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sonia H. Yoo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Muniz Castro, Yoo
High Myopia A patient presented to BPEI for laser vision correction. Manifest refraction revealed high myopia with spherical equivalent -9.75 diopters in both eyes. Anterior and posterior segment exam were normal. Tomography imaging showed minimal astigmatism, pachymetry of 557 OD and 566 OS, and n…
Implantable Collamer Lens
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Hannah Muniz Castro, MD; Sonia H. Yoo, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Muniz Castro, Yoo
Traumatic Aniridia
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Elaine Zhou, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Rahul Singh Tonk, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Tonk, Zhou
Traumatic Aniridia A patient with past ocular history of penetrating screwdriver trauma to the left globe presents with debilitating glare symptoms and poor vision. The patient has a previous surgical history of primary corneal laceration repair and lensectomy with subsequent reconstruction with sc…