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UBM demonstrating iris hypoplasia in a patient with aniridia.

Aniridia and Secondary Glaucoma A patient presented with bilateral uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on maximum medical therapy. Clinical exam was limited by corneal scarring of both eyes but visual acuity was 20/350 OD and 20/250 OS. Intraocular pressure was 27 OD and 29 OS. She had long-sta…

Bleb Leak A patient with past ocular history of trabeculectomy for juvenile open angle glaucoma and DSAEK for Fuch’s endothelial corneal dystrophy presented to the emergency room with left eye blurred vision and redness. The patient was diagnosed with acute graft rejection. The patient was starte…

Bleb-Associated Endophthalmitis An adult patient presented to the Bascom Palmer emergency room for evaluation of two days of pain, redness, discharge, and vision loss of the left eye. He had a history of open angle glaucoma and underwent trabeculectomy bilaterally in both eyes two years prior to pr…

Choroidal Effusion After Glaucoma Drainage Device A patient with a past medical history of intellectual disability and ocular history of constant eye rubbing, a left eye with central retinal venous occlusion and mixed mechanism glaucoma and a right eye that is pseudophakic with open angle glaucoma …

Chronic Angle-Closure Glaucoma A monocular patient with advanced chronic angle closure glaucoma in her left eye was referred for possible glaucoma surgery. She reported progressive worsening vision, especially of her peripheral vision. Exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/40 with an intraocular…

Cyclodialysis Cleft After Atent Implantation Patient with history of primary open angle glaucoma presented with persistent hyphema and hypotony after combined cataract surgery and implantation of a stent. Vision on presentation was hand motion with an intraocular pressure of 6. Exam was notable for…

This patient presented with low eye pressure post trauma. OCT shows hypotony maculopathy with choroidal folds. Surgery with direct suture pexy was performed. The pressure improved and the maculopathy improved.

Dorzolamide Induced Choroidal Effusion A patient with POAG of both eyes presented with unilateral decreased vision and flashes to the left eye after starting dorzolamide two days prior. Visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. Intraocular pressure was 09 OD and 08 OS. Ant…

Elevated Episcleral Venous Pressure (Idiopathic) An otherwise healthy patient without past ocular history presented with left eye redness and no associated symptoms. Her examination was notable for corrected visual acuity of 20/15 and intraocular pressure of 14 mmHg on no topical treatment in the r…

Enlarged Tube-Shunt Bleb After Glaucoma Tube Shunt Implantation A middle-aged patient with a past ocular history of a congenital cataract in the left eye, status-post cataract extraction without intraocular lens placement as child, subsequent iris-sutured intraocular lens placement in 2018, and mul…

Exposed Glaucoma Drainage Device A patient with a history of moderate primary open angle glaucoma, pseudophakia, and diabetic macular edema of the right eye presented for a regularly scheduled glaucoma follow-up examination. He had previously undergone a trabeculectomy and subsequent revision in th…

Exudative Retinal Detachment in a Patient with Phakomatosis Pigmentovascularis Secondary to Latanoprostene Bunod A young patient was brought in by her mother to evaluate elevated pressure in her right eye. Exam revealed a port wine birth mark over the V1/V2 distribution of the right eye and Nevus o…