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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).

Epithelial Downgrowth This case presents a 56-year-old female who presented with dramatic decrease of vision over a one-year duration. Patient has previously undergone both eyes corneal transplant, glaucoma drainage device. Patient developed right eye iris cyst, that started growing occupying the a…

Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV) A patient diagnosed with neovascular AMD in the left eye was referred to retina clinic at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute because of poor answer to monthly Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab intra vitreal injections. VA was 20/200 in the left eye. OCT showed intra retin…

Sorsby Macular Dystrophy We present the case of a 33-year-old male who presented with visual distortions in the left eye. Visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/30 in the left eye. Fundus examination revealed reticular pseudodrusen in both eyes, and a choroidal neovascular membrane in the …