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Morning Glory Disc Anomaly A child presented for evaluation of chronic poor vision of her right eye. Fundus exam showed an excavated nerve with peripapillary chorioretinal pigmentation, overlying central glial tuft, radial vessels, and inferior serous retinal detachment. Findings were consistent wi…

Complications of Titanium Mesh Floor Implant A patient with a disfiguring bony lesion of the orbit was eventually diagnosed with fibrous dysplasia. This needed eventual medial maxillectomy and removal of the orbital floor, requiring reconstruction. Titanium mesh orbital floor implant was utilized, …

Ocular Surface Neoplasia A patient presented to the clinic with progressive white corneal opacity, otherwise no past medical history. Ant seg OCT performed and lesion identified as ocular surface neoplasm. The patient was treated with cycles of topical 5FU with near total response. Advancements in …

Candida Albicans Keratitis A young patient with a past ocular history of Stevens Johnson Syndrome and prior Candida and Providencia keratitis presented with multifocal white corneal infiltrates several months following a penetrating keratoplasty of the same eye. The patient’s exam was notable for…

Muckle-Wells Syndrome A patient with a past ocular history of retinal vasculitis with subretinal hemorrhage, vitreous hemorrhage, herpetic keratitis, and cataract surgery presented to the emergency room due to sudden onset blurred vision and retrobulbar pain of the left eye. The patient reported lo…

Radial Keratotomy Associated Corneal Ulcer A middle-aged patient with a history of radial keratotomy in both eyes presented with 3 days of pain, redness, and blurred vision in the right eye. Visual acuity was 20/80 and slit lamp exam was remarkable for a stromal infiltrate with overlying epithelial…

Corneal Edema and Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma Due to Cosmetic Iris Implants Cosmetic iris implants have gained significant popularity in the media in the past 20 years. Despite their appeal to thousands of individuals across the globe, these implants have vision-threatening consequences. This …

Intraocular Helminth A middle-aged patient with past medical history significant for HIV (well-controlled on bictegravir, emtricitabine, and tenofovir) and history of Monkeypox infection presents to the emergency room complaining of foreign body sensation, redness, and itchiness in his right eye fo…

Whipple's Disease Associated Uveitis A middle-aged patient presented to the ophthalmology emergency room for bilateral blurry vision for 1 week after recent hospital admission for recurrent pleural effusions. After discharge, he presented to an outside eyecare specialist who referred him to the oph…

Retinitis Pigmentosa A patient presented with progressive loss of vision since eight years of age. His BCVA in the right eye was 20/300 and the left eye was 20/800. Anterior segment examination showed posterior subcapsular cataract in both eyes. Posterior segment examination showed bony spicule pig…

Cyclodialysis Cleft A patient with a history of sudden vision loss (hand motion) in the left eye following an intravitreal injection for chronic central serous retinopathy (CSR) presented with reduced vision five months later. At the time of presentation, the left eye's visual acuity had improved t…

Infiltrative Optic Neuropathy Secondary to Pleomorphic Mantle Cell Lymphoma A patient presented to the ophthalmology emergency room with a 2-day history of decreased vision of his left eye. Examination revealed vision of 20/25 OD and 20/50 OS, with a relative afferent pupillary defect in the left e…

Blepharophimosis Syndrome Two patients, both children, presented with FOXL2 mutation and similar constellation of findings, namely blepharophimosis, ptosis, telecanthus, and epicanthus inversus. Exam demonstrates ptosis with amblyopia risk, chin up positioning, and frontalis activation. The first p…

Recurrent Diffuse Conjunctival Malignant Melanoma: Extending onto Cornea and Inferior Palpebra, Right Eye A patient with a previous history of redness and pain in the right eye, for about 2 years. Two months prior presentation, the patient had a Pterygium/Conjunctival lesion excision in the right e…

Ocular Sarcoidosis A patient with past medical history significant for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia presents with blurry vision, photophobia and redness of both eyes for two weeks. Examination is remarkable for keratic precipitates, anterior chamber cell, and Koeppe nodules, with unremarkable poste…

Retinal Artery Macroaneurysm An elderly patient with history of uncontrolled hypertension presented with acute onset vision loss of the left eye. Vision was noted to be 20/25 and 20/60. Exam and imaging showed focal macular hemorrhage with significant intraretinal fluid. Intra-vitreal bevacizumab w…

Traumatic Cataract from Glaucoma Drainage Implant Tube Contact A patient with a history of pediatric glaucoma and buphthalmos in the setting of Bardet-Bield syndrome presented to the emergency room with acute progressive vision loss in the left eye after a seizure. The patient prior to injury had n…

Active Thyroid Eye Disease with Pretibial Myxedema A patient with a 10-year history of hyperthyroidism treated with levothyroxine and liothyronine developed one month of intermittent double vision, redness, and foreign body sensation. His exam was notable for vision 20/20 in the right eye and 20/30…

Endogenous Candida Endophthalmitis Endogenous endophthalmitis is an ophthalmic emergency that requires prompt recognition, treatment, and full systemic workup to identify the source of the infection. This case describes a male with a past medical history of diabetes, hypothyroidism, and nephrolithi…

Uveal Melanoma Arising in Ocular Melanocytosis A patient was referred to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for evaluation due to new onset blurry vision and a dark inferotemporal lesion extending out of the right eye for one month. Her ocular and surgical history includes non-exudative age-related macula…