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Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration A patient with neovascular age-related macular degeneration in both eyes has been receiving intravitreal aflibercept in her left eye every 4-5 weeks, for more than 10 years. Whenever the interval between the intravitreal injections was increased there was …

Conjunctival Lymphoma A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Room with a complaint of a drooping right eyelid that had been slowly progressive over 9 months. Her vision was 20/25 OD and 20/20 OS. Intraocular pressures were 17 OD and 15 OS. External exam was notable for mild right eye pt…

Postoperative Endophthalmitis An elderly patient with past medical history of quiescent birdshot chorioretinopathy on immunosuppressive therapy underwent uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye followed by intracameral injection of moxifloxacin at the end of the case. On postoperative day 4, t…

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…

Downbeat Nystagmus A patient was referred with double vision and oscillopsia. He reported to have nystagmus and oscillopsia for a few years, and recently mild worsening. He denies head trauma, weakness, numbness, changes in his vision, transient visual loss, or headache. Patient has trouble reading…

Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa A child presented to BPEI in 2013 with symblepharon and limbal stem cell deficiency in both eyes. His visual acuity (VA) was 20/40 in his right eye and 20/80 in the left. He came back one year later in 2014 with an advanced inferior symblepharon, covering the visual…

Photograph of a peripheral iridotomy.

UBM demonstrating iris hypoplasia in a patient with aniridia.

Subperiosteal Orbital Hematoma A patient with a history of chronic pansinusitis and absence of midline nasal cavity structures due to chronic inhalational cocaine usage, presents with acute onset left-sided proptosis. She was found to have a non-traumatic, spontaneous subperiosteal orbital hematoma…

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada A patient with acute onset bilateral blurry vision presented with bilateral multifocal serous detachments in the absence of other intraocular inflammatory findings. The patient had a past medical history notable for treated chlamydia and gonorrhea. The use of immunosuppressive …

Brown Syndrome A patient was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED) 2 years before presenting to our clinic. He complained of horizontal and vertical diplopia. The diplopia was constant and affected distance vision only. The patient was previously treated with teprotumumab. His exam was notable f…

Nanophthalmos with Angle Closure Glaucoma A patient presented with uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on maximum medical therapy and had bilateral laser iridotomy. The patient was diagnosed with angle-closure glaucoma. Biometry measurements were consistent with nanophthalmos. The right eye und…

Lipemia Retinalis A patient with past ocular history of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy presented for routine examination to retina clinic. Patient had no vision concerns nor any systemic symptoms on review of systems. On examination, patient found to have cream colored large calibre vessels …

Primary Congenital Glaucoma A young child with no past ocular history presents with vision loss for 2 months. Her exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/250 in the affected eye with intraocular pressures of 38, relative afferent pupillary defect. Slit lamp findings were notable for subtle bupthal…

Patient with Brown Syndrome with images and videos showing for esotropia which was worse in left gaze, hypotropia of left eye worse in right gaze and upgaze accompanied by limited elevation OS in adduction and incyclotorsion left eye, and restriction of extraocular movement of both eyes.

ABCA-4 Retinal Dystrophy A patient with bilateral progressive vision loss presents to the clinic for evaluation. The patient’s initial vision was hand motion in both eyes. Fundus photos shows extensive retinal degeneration, geographic atrophy, and optic nerve pallor. ABCA-4 related retinopathies …