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Fundus photo with peripheral hyperpigmentation and bone spicules. Angiogram demonstrating peripheral atrophy and mild vessel leakage. OCT with cystoid macula edema.

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension A 39-year-old male presented to the BPEI ER with blurry vision in his right eye for 2 weeks. Examination revealed CF OD, 20/60 OS vision, right APD, and bilateral disc edema. OCT showed diffusely elevated RNFL thickness and HVF 30-2 was not able to be performed …

Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium A 19-month-old girl with an unremarkable prenatal and infantile history presented with esotropia of the left eye and was found to have a vascularized mass concerning for retinoblastoma. Examination under anesthesia revealed a charcoal …

Retinal Cavernous Hemangioma with Vitreous Hemorrhage A five-week-old full-term male with a history of seizures and birth trauma underwent ophthalmology screening. Initial eye examination revealed vitreous hemorrhage. Subsequent examination under anesthesia with multi-modal imaging revealed vitreou…

Conjunctival Amyloidosis A 48-year-old male with no PMH or POH presented to clinic with painless ptosis OD>OS noticed by his wife for several months. Visual acuity was 20/25 in each eye with unremarkable ocular vitals. Large, yellow-pink, fleshy lesions were noted on the superior bulbar conjunct…

XLII Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology (CURSO) – VIRTUAL EDITION Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's XLII Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology - Virtual Edition, is designed for practicing ophthalmologists across the globe, to provide maximum emphasis on practical approaches to…

Intraorbital Foreign Body Intraorbital foreign bodies most commonly present with an ocular or penetrating injury. However, when the globe is not involved, the presentation of an intraorbital foreign body can be subtle. Here, we present a case of a 21-year-old female with right upper and lower lid s…

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma A patient with past medical history of a previously resected lacrimal gland mass presented to the emergency room with worsening unilateral proptosis and eye pain with persistent new eversion of the upper eyelid for several days. Examination was significant for severe propto…

PAM and OSSN This case presents a 67-year-old gentleman who was referred for a pigmented lesion. The HR-OCT suggested that this was not simply a small area of PAM, but rather demonstrated an epithelial hyper-reflectivity and thickening with an abrupt change from normal to mildly thickened epitheliu…

OCTA demonstrating neovascularization (yellow arrow) growing into the vitreous with widefield imaging.

This is congenital retinal dystrophy is caused by a mutation in the retinoschisin (RS1) gene, which encodes for a protein that functions in cellular adhesion. The fundus photo shows a macular stellate pattern caused by schisis or splitting of the retinal layers at the level of the outer plexiform l…

An otherwise asymptomatic 82-year-old patient with uncorrected visual acuity of 20/25 at distance presents for a routine eye exam in clinic.