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A patient with severe limbal stem cell defiency due to extensive tumor excision undergoes ocular surface reconstruction and SLET.

Phacomorphic Glaucoma A patient with a history of chronic angle closure glaucoma (ACG) referred by local ophthalmologist to ED for evaluation. Patient had previously undergone a laser iridotomy in both eyes and had a history of chronic angle closure glaucoma. The intraocular pressure (IOP) was been…

Radiation Retinopathy A patient with past medical history of CNS lymphoma treated with chemotherapy but refractory and necessitating radiation therapy later presented to ophthalmology with slight decrease in vision. On examination, found to have cotton wool spots in both eyes. Fluorescein angiogram…

Residual Ametropia, Symptomatic Higher Order Aberration A patient who presents for refractive surgery evaluation. They were noted to have no ocular pathology and was deemed a good refractive surgical candidate. Patient underwent uncomplicated bilateral laser in situ keratomileusis, however the pati…

Retinal Detachment in Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy A middle-aged patient presented with decreased vision in her right eye. She had a history of proliferative sickle cell retinopathy. She is blind in the left eye from a prior failed retinal detachment repair. Her vision in the right eye was…

Hypotony Following Glaucoma Drainage Implant A patient with a past ocular history of primary open angle glaucoma who underwent cataract extraction and trabeculectomy in the right eye and cataract extraction in the left eye presented for evaluation of high intraocular pressure in both eyes. Visual a…

Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid An elderly patient with severe ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP) and immunosuppressed with mycophenolate mofetil has previously lost the right eye due to corneal perforation and choroidal hemorrhage resulting in evisceration. After 5 years of quiescence, his left eye…

Vitelliform Maculopathy A middle-aged patient with a remote history of prostate cancer in remission presented as a referral for evaluation of retinal lesions. He denied any complaints initially. He was noted to have orangeish vitelliform lesions deposited around his vascular arcades. Workup for oth…

Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid with symblepharon in both eyes.

Sub-Periosteal Abscess A pediatric patient presented as a transfer from OSH with orbital cellulitis secondary to a superior located sub-periosteal abscess (SPA). The patient has a history of acute on chronic sinusitis and had FESS with sinus debridement and abscess drainage 5 days prior to arrival.…

Choroideremia with Secondary Choroidal Neovascularization A patient with no past medical history presented to the emergency department complaining of floaters in the right eye. Exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/70 in the right eye and 20/30 in the left eye. Intraocular pressures were 14 and …

Conjunctival Melanoma Two darkly pigmented patients with a diagnosis of conjunctival melanoma by an outside provider are presented here. Case 1 presented with a large jet black conjunctival lesion that was present for nearly 12 years. This lesion was biopsied by an outside provider and interpreted …

Juvenile X-linked Retinoschisis A pediatric patient with a past medical history of Kawasaki disease presents for retinal evaluation of reported vitreous hemorrhage in the right eye and retinal detachment in the left eye. The visual acuity was 20/200 in the right eye and 20/800 in the left eye. The …

A patient presented with a central scotoma in the right eye. Fundus examination revealed midperipheral chorioretinal atrophy in both eyes (Fig A). Fundus autofluorescence demonstrated areas of confluent midperipheral hypoautofluorescence (Fig B). Optical coherence tomography demonstrated choroidal …

Dorzolamide Induced Choroidal Effusion A patient with POAG of both eyes presented with unilateral decreased vision and flashes to the left eye after starting dorzolamide two days prior. Visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. Intraocular pressure was 09 OD and 08 OS. Ant…

Intraocular Foreign Body A patient with past ocular history of remote trauma, unilateral retinal detachment repair, and cataract extraction presented with inferior iris pigmentation and chronic corneal edema. He complains of decreased vision, redness, and foreign body sensation. His visual acuity w…

Restrictive Strabismus Secondary to a Large Encapsulated Non-Valved Glaucoma Drainage Implant Fibrotic Capsule A patient with a history of primary open angle glaucoma of both eyes and myopic degeneration with amblyopia and chronic poor central vision of the right eye presented with elevated intraoc…