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Slit lamp photos demonstrating exposure of a glaucoma drainage device tube in the inferonasal quadrant without evidence of infection.

Granular Cell Tumor The patient presented to BPEI for evaluation of a two-week history of worsening diplopia. Examination revealed left unilateral proptosis. MRI orbit imaging revealed an intraorbital well-defined, well-circumscribed lesion arising at the level of the medial rectus. The patient und…

Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy This is a case of a patient with 3 years of blurry vision. He was diagnosed with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy by an outside physician and was receiving monthly aflibercept injections with documented worsening of vision and appearance on OCT. ICG was repeated o…

Orbital Metastatic Breast Cancer A patient presented to the ER with redness of the right eye for months. Initial exam revealed VA 20/50 and was noted to have right sided ptosis and ophthalmoplegia. MRI of the orbits was performed which showed an ill-defined right orbital mass. The patient underwent…

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension A patient presented with sudden onset of postural headaches that improved with recumbency associated with nausea, vomit, photophobia and phonophobia of 5 days of evolution followed by binocular horizontal diplopia at distance and in left gaze. Patient denied rec…

Sympathetic Ophthalmia A patient presented with blurry vision in the right eye for one day. He had a history of remote retinal detachment repair in the left eye due to blunt trauma. Slit lamp examination revealed anterior uveitis in the right eye and prolapsed iris tissue in an old surgical wound i…

Coats Disease An infant presented with suspected retinoblastoma after undergoing an exam under anesthesia (EUA) with an outside provider. On repeat exam under anesthesia, there were no mass lesions identified on indirect exam or ultrasound. Indirect exam revealed powdery yellow exudative changes an…

Central Retinal Vein Occlusion in Patient with MTHFR Mutation A patient in good health presented with painless acute blurred vision in the right eye. She was found to have macular edema and retinal hemorrhages consistent with a CRVO. Her initial visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/20 in…

Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy A child with a history of full-term birth complicated by arrest of descent and resolved neonatal seizure with normal MRI and EEG was referred for evaluation of nystagmus. An examination under anesthesia was required, during which an electroretinogram demonstrate…

Neovascular Glaucoma Secondary to Sickle Cell Retinopathy Neovascular glaucoma is a rare cause of elevated intraocular pressure and is typically caused by severe posterior segment ischemia resulting in anterior segment ischemia and neovascularization of the trabecular meshwork angle. Diabetic retin…

Granular Corneal Dystrophy Type II A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Cornea Clinic with progressively blurry vision in both eyes as well as worsening pain and irritation in both eyes. She had a family history of corneal problems. Her visual acuity was 20/100 in the right eye and 5/200 in the…

Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid / Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid A patient with a PMHx of HTN presented to BPEI with redness and discharge of the left eye for 3 months. Review of systems was negative for any systemic symptoms. Visual acuity of the left eye was 20/80, IOP was 13 mmHg, there was no APD, an…

Sturge-Weber Syndrome A child was born with an extensive, bilateral, flat, red facial skin lesion that was initially flat and barely noticeable but over time has grown and become thicker and a deeper red color. He was born at term to a healthy mother, had no other lesions on his body, no other symp…

Optic nerve cyst (first image) that over time revealed an optic nerve coloboma (second image).