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Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome An infant was brought to the emergency department by his mother referred from his pediatrician after a routine well-child visit. Parents had noticed severe light sensitivity, but patient was otherwise developing well. Patient grimaced to light in both eyes but had poor fix…

POEMS Syndrome A patient presented for evaluation of grade 4 optic disc swelling in both eyes. The patient has a history of polyneuropathy both sensory and motor involving the upper limbs more than lower limbs consistent with a diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) a…

High Myopia A patient presented to BPEI for laser vision correction. Manifest refraction revealed high myopia with spherical equivalent -9.75 diopters in both eyes. Anterior and posterior segment exam were normal. Tomography imaging showed minimal astigmatism, pachymetry of 557 OD and 566 OS, and n…

IRVAN Syndrome An adult patient presented to the Uveitis clinic for evaluation after developing visual deficits in the right eye. He was previously diagnosed with multiple branch retinal artery and vein occlusions in both eyes concerning for an occlusive retinal vasculitis. On examination he was fo…

Susac Syndrome A patient with a history of a central retinal artery occlusion presented with acute vision loss in his right eye and was found to have a branch retinal artery occlusion. A fluorescein angiogram showed retinal vasculitis of both eyes and the patient was diagnosed with Susac Syndrome. …

Hypotony Due to Cyclodialysis Clef A patient with a history of high myopia presented as a referral from an the retina service for low intraocular pressure and blurry vision five months after pars plana vitrectomy for vitreous opacities in the left eye. His intraocular pressure was 8 on difluprednat…

Pseudoangiomatous Retinal Gliosis (PARG) A patient with known history of a chronic inferior rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) of the left eye (OS) presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI) emergency department (ED) complaining of new floaters OS. On examination the patient had a visu…

Radiation Optic Neuropathy A patient with a history of skull base meningioma status-post gamma knife radiation presented with three weeks of decreased vision in both eyes. She had no light perception in the right eye and a visual acuity of 20/50 in the left. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain …

HTLV1 Associated Uveitis A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute with complaints of floaters in the left eye for 3 years and the right eye for 3 months. Vision was best corrected to 20/25 in both eyes. Anterior segment exam revealed fine KP in both eyes without significant anterior s…

Miller Fisher Syndrome A patient presented with binocular diplopia of 2 weeks duration after COVID-19 infection. Additionally, she had neurological symptoms, weakness, tingling, numbness of extremities. She had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. On exam her BCVA was 20/20 OU, she was noted to …

Wernicke Encephalopathy A patient with past history of bariatric surgery presenting with blurred vision, oscillopsia and decreased hearing of few days. Her exam was remarkable for up-beating nystagmus in all gazes. Vision was 20/20 in each eye, pupils equal and reaction. She had full ocular motilit…

Figure 1: Fundus photography of patient treated with Iodine plaque, PPV and endolaser due to Pseudoangiomatous retinal glisois that caused a retinal detachment. Figure 2: Bscan of same patient as figure 1 before surgery.

Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome and Coloboma A young child presented with light perception visual acuity in the right eye and white cataract. Some dysmorphic features were also documented such as wide nasal tip, prominent philtral pillars, hypertelorism, telecanthus, right ptosis, and malformed pinn…

Coloboma associated with a systemic syndrome.

Corneal Decompensation A patient with past ocular history of primary open-angle glaucoma, status post glaucoma drainage implant in the right eye, underwent cataract surgery in the right eye. Preoperative potential acuity meter testing predicted visual acuity outcome of 20/25. The patient developed …