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Ocular Surface Neoplasia A patient presented to the clinic with progressive white corneal opacity, otherwise no past medical history. Ant seg OCT performed and lesion identified as ocular surface neoplasm. The patient was treated with cycles of topical 5FU with near total response. Advancements in …

Traumatic Optic Neuropathy A patient presented to a tertiary trauma center after a fall from standing. On arrival to the hospital, he was found to have extensive facial fractures and was describing loss of vision in the left eye. Detailed review of the CT scan revealed a bone fragment protruding in…

Candida Albicans Keratitis A young patient with a past ocular history of Stevens Johnson Syndrome and prior Candida and Providencia keratitis presented with multifocal white corneal infiltrates several months following a penetrating keratoplasty of the same eye. The patient’s exam was notable for…

Muckle-Wells Syndrome A patient with a past ocular history of retinal vasculitis with subretinal hemorrhage, vitreous hemorrhage, herpetic keratitis, and cataract surgery presented to the emergency room due to sudden onset blurred vision and retrobulbar pain of the left eye. The patient reported lo…

Radial Keratotomy Associated Corneal Ulcer A middle-aged patient with a history of radial keratotomy in both eyes presented with 3 days of pain, redness, and blurred vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was 20/80 and slit lamp exam was remarkable for a stromal infiltrate with overlying epithelial…

Corneal Edema and Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma Due to Cosmetic Iris Implants Cosmetic iris implants have gained significant popularity in the media in the past 20 years. Despite their appeal to thousands of individuals across the globe, these implants have vision-threatening consequences. This …

Intraocular Helminth A middle-aged patient with past medical history significant for HIV (well-controlled on bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir) and history of Monkeypox infection presents to the emergency room complaining of foreign body sensation, redness, and itchiness in his right eye fo…

Whipple's Disease Associated Uveitis A middle-aged patient presented to the ophthalmology emergency room for bilateral blurry vision for 1 week after recent hospital admission for recurrent pleural effusions. After discharge, he presented to an outside eyecare specialist who referred him to the oph…

Retinitis Pigmentosa A patient presented with progressive loss of vision since eight years of age. His BCVA in the right eye was 20/300 and the left eye was 20/800. Anterior segment examination showed posterior subcapsular cataract in both eyes. Posterior segment examination showed bony spicule pig…

A patient with bilateral progressive vision loss who presents to clinic for evaluation. Patient's vision loss started in childhood, with initial vision being 20/200 in both eyes. Fundus photos show optic nerve pallor, macular atrophy and extensive pigmentary changes in the periphery. Genetic testin…

A patient with Fuchs' Endothelial corneal dystrophy. Slit lamp photos with retroillumination demonstrate corneal guttate.

A patient presented complaining of decreased vision in the right eye for the past 3-4 months. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/80 in the right eye. Posterior segment examination revealed a macular hole and cystoid macular edema. (B) Optical coherence tomography demonstrated a macular hole with v…

Cyclodialysis Cleft A patient with a history of sudden vision loss (hand motion) in the left eye following an intravitreal injection for chronic central serous retinopathy (CSR) presented with reduced vision five months later. At the time of presentation, the left eye's visual acuity had improved t…

Infiltrative Optic Neuropathy Secondary to Pleomorphic Mantle Cell Lymphoma A patient presented to the ophthalmology emergency room with a 2-day history of decreased vision of his left eye. Examination revealed vision of 20/25 OD and 20/50 OS, with a relative afferent pupillary defect in the left e…

A patient discovered to have infiltrative optic neuropathy secondary to pleomorphic mantle cell lymphoma. Color fundus photo of the left eye shows grade 3 optic nerve edema with associated splinter hemorrhages as well as a few, scattered dot blot hemorrhages.