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.
Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Conjunctiva
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Vetted By: Carol L. Karp, MD
Vetted Date: June 21, 2025
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…
Keratitis Due to Severe Sinonasal Disease with Underlying Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Yasman Moshiri, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Karp, Moshiri
Keratitis Due to Severe Sinonasal Disease with Underlying Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis A young patient with no known prior medical history presents with decreased vision and pain in the right eye. On presentation, patient’s exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/150 in the right eye and 20/…
Keratoacanthoma
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Humberto Salazar, III, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Salazar
Keratoacanthoma
Keratoprosthesis Endophthalmitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Nimesh A. Patel, MD; Guillermo Amescua, MD; Janet L. Davis, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Patel, Amescua, Davis
Keratoprosthesis infiltrate and epithelial defect. There was progression with pain and and vitritis that led to removal of the prosthesis.
Lamellar Keratectomy, Corneal Patch Graft, Sutured Amniotic Membrane for Neurotrophic Corneal Ulcer with Descemetocele
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Surgical Videos
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Paula W. Feng, MD; Rahul Singh Tonk, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Feng, Tonk
Lattice Corneal Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Vetted By: Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Vetted Date: April 22, 2025
Presenter(s): Caroline L. Lieux, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Anat Galor, MD, MSPH; Jayne S. Weiss, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Galor, Lieux, Weiss
Lattice Corneal Dystrophy Lattice corneal dystrophy is a rare disease with a variety of etiologies. Historically, corneal dystrophies have been defined as bilateral, progressive processes that start in a patient’s first to second decade of life and have no correlation with systemic illnesses. Whi…
Lisch Corneal Dystrophy
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Vetted By: Carol L. Karp, MD
Vetted Date: June 21, 2025
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…
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.
Metal Tip Post Phacoemulsification Surgery
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Carol L. Karp, MD; Nimesh A. Patel, MD; Swarup S. Swaminathan, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Karp, Patel, Swaminathan
This patient underwent uneventful cataract surgery. On post-operative day 1 there was found to be a fragment of metal on the iris likely from the phacoemulsification probe.
Microsporidial Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Akaanksh Shetty, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Dubovy, Shetty
Microsporidial Keratitis A patient with chronic nonresponse keratitis presented to Bascom Palmer with a 2 year history of progressive eye pain and blurry vision in the left eye. He was initially diagnosed with herpes stromal keratitis of the left eye and was treated for >1 year with steroids and…
Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Caroline L. Lieux, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Darlene Miller, DHSc, MPH, CIC
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Lieux, Miller
Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas Keratitis Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative rod that is both an aerobic and facultative anaerobic organism. It is commonly spread through contact with exposed water, medical equipment, or human contact. As an opportunistic infection, it causes mild disease i…
Mycobacterium Abscessus Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Vetted By: Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Vetted Date: April 22, 2025
Presenter(s): Lily Zhang, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Presenter/Faculty: Galor, Zhang
Mycobacterium Abscessus Keratitis A patient was referred for management of a corneal ulcer in their right eye. Initial exam revealed VA OD CF with diffuse corneal epithelial defect, infiltrate, and endothelial plaque and anterior inflammation with a hypopyon. Corneal cultures were positive for Myco…
Neurotrophic Corneal Ulcer
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Paula W. Feng, MD; Rahul Singh Tonk, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Feng, Tonk
The patient presented with a neurotrophic corneal ulcer and descemetocele. A lamellar keratectomy, corneal patch graft, amniotic membrane were applied. Preop and post-op-month 1, with amniotic membrane dissolved.
Neurotrophic Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Vetted By: Andrew J. Rong, MD
Vetted Date: May 23, 2025
Presenter(s): Elli Park, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Andrew J. Rong, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Park, Rong
Neurotrophic Keratitis A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute’s emergency room with acute on chronic left eye pain. The history was notable for a left petroclival chondrosarcoma that had been resected with post-operative, left-sided cranial nerve 5, 6, 7 and 8 palsies. The patient…
Nocardia Bacterial Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Spencer C. Barrett, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Barrett
Nocardia Bacterial Keratitis A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Room with 2 weeks of red painful eye. On exam, he was found to have a patchy white stromal infiltrate suspicious for bacterial or fungal keratitis. Fortified antibiotics were started, and a culture was drawn. Ultimately…
Non-Infectious Necrotizing Scleritis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Ophthalmic Images
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Original Contributor(s): Menachem Weiss, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Weiss
Slit lamp photos of non-infectious necrotizing scleritis at presentation, week 4, 7, 9.5, and 12 of treatment with systemic corticosteroids and rituximab.
Non-Infectious Scleritis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Menachem Weiss, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Schartess S. Culpepper, MD; Rahul S. Tonk, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Culpepper, Tonk, Weiss
Non-Infectious Scleritis A monocular patient admitted for pyoderma gangrenosum flare complained of decreased vision and left eye pain. Four years prior she had scleritis OD which requiring scleral reinforcement surgery after which the patient was lost to follow up, developed endophthalmitis and eve…
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Margaret Wang French, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Alfonso L. Sabater, MD, PhD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Sabater, Wang
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Keratitis A patient five months after bilateral simultaneous cataract surgery in another country presents to the BPEI emergency room with bilateral decreased vision and extreme right eye pain for the last 2 weeks. Their exam was notable for visual acuity of hand motion i…
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Keratitis
Specialty: Corneal and External Diseases
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Nhon Le, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Le
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Keratitis A patient with past ocular history of uncomplicated pterygium surgery develops mycobacterial keratitis which progresses to a descemetocele. After worsening on topical antibiotics to the point of nearly perforating, the patient undergoes rose-Bengal photodynami…