Course name | Date

Persistent Fetal Vasculature

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Maria Paula Fernandez, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Audina M. Berrocal, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Berrocal, Fernandez
Persistent Fetal Vasculature This patient with past ocular history of leukocoria was referred forretinal evaluation. Ophthalmological evaluation under anesthesia was notable for a cataractous lens with spherical appearance,anterior segment dysplasia andpersistence of the iridohyaloid vessels and tu…

Alternaria Keratitis

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Paula A. Sepulveda-Beltran, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Jean-Marie Parel, Ing.ETS-G, PhD, FARVO
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Parel, Sepulveda-Beltran
Alternaria Keratitis A patient with a history of a failed DMEK who required a DSAEK, was referred to the BPEI's cornea department after a 1-month history of culture-confirmed Alternaria keratitis that developed after the DSAEK. The ulcer progressed despite topical and systemic antifungal treatment.…

Bilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Piero Carletti, BS
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD
Discussant(s): Victor L. Perez, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Carletti, Perez
Bilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency Ocular burns are ophthalmic emergencies that can lead to severe long-lasting visual morbidity and disability. The prognosis for visual recovery is largely determined by the degree of ocular tissue damage on initial presentation, especially the extent of limbal …

Black Cataract

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Ronaldo Nuesi, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Zubair Ansari, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Ansari, Nuesi
Black Cataract A patient with no past ocular history presented with painless vision loss to HM in the left eye over last 6 weeks. The patient had poor, chronically declining visual acuity in that eye for years but did not have access to care. Slit lamp exam was notable for a dense, black cataract i…

Retinal Arteriole Occlusions Secondary to Silicone Microembolization

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Landon J. Rohowetz, MD, MA
Faculty Discussant(s): Jayanth Sridhar, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Rohowetz, Sridhar
Retinal Arteriole Occlusions Secondary to Silicone Microembolization A patient with a history of mid-brain syndrome and silicone gluteal injection 12 years prior presented to the emergency department complaining of floaters in the right eye for the past week. Exam was notable for visual acuity of 2…

Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Margaret Wang French, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Ta Chen Peter Chang, MD; Angela Y. Zhu, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Chang, Wang, Zhu
Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy A young patient presented with progressive “eye color changes” noted for at least 2 years. Her parents also noted increasing photophobia and her eyes turning inwards for extended periods of time. Her exam was notable for best corrected visual acuity o…

Vitamin A Induced Intracranial Hypertension

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Benjamin Meyer, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Byron L. Lam, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Lam, Mayer
Vitamin A Induced Intracranial Hypertension A patient was found to have acute promyelocytic leukemia and was started on all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA). He was also noted to incidentally have bilateral papilledema and MR imaging demonstrated multiple stigmata suggestive of chronically elevated intra…

Vitreous Hemorrhage

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Anne L. Kunkler, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
Presenter/Faculty: Flynn, Kunkler
Vitreous Hemorrhage A patient with a past medical history of hypertension presented with vision loss in the right eye for two days. His exam was notable for visual acuity of hand motions in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. Intraocular pressures and slit lamp exam were normal in both eyes. P…

Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Uveitis

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Ramsey Yusuf, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Thomas A. Albini, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Albini, Yusuf
Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Uveitis An adult patient presented to the Bascom Palmer emergency room for evaluation of five days of bilateral painless vision loss and floaters. On slit lamp examination he did not have any conjunctival injection or anterior chamber cell or flare. Dilated fundus…

Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis

Specialty: Uveitis
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Yasman Moshiri, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Anat Galor, MD, MSPH
Presenter/Faculty: Galor, Moshiri
Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis A patient presented with acute blurry vision, foreign-body sensation, and elevated intraocular pressure in the left eye. On examination, he had evidence of chronic intraocular inflammation including keratic precipitates, He had experienced similar episodes periodica…

Smooth Muscle Hamartoma

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Yoseph Sayegh, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Nathan W. Blessing, MD; Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Blessing, Dubovy, Sayegh
Smooth Muscle Hamartoma Our patient presented due to a one-year history of a slowly growing conjunctival lesion. A large, red, non-tender lesion of the right bulbar conjunctiva was identified on examination. It did not improve after several weeks of medical management with steroids. He had no previ…

Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis (hATTR)

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Julia L. Hudson, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Janet L. Davis, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Davis, Hudson
Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis (hATTR) This report describes a case of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) in an elderly patient who presented with bilateral retinal arteriolar vascular sheathing and vitreous hemorrhage in one eye. The patient underwent a full history, physical exam,…

Retinal Tear in a Fellow Eye

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Jesse D. Sengillo, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Jayanth Sridhar, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Sengillo, Sridhar
Retinal Tear in a Fellow Eye A patient presented to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for routine post operative follow-up after rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair of the right eye one month prior. Best corrected visual acuity was 20/60 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. Intraocular pressu…

CMV Retinitis

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Akaanksh Shetty, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Jayanth Sridhar, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Shetty, Sridhar
CMV Retinitis A patient with a past ocular history of POAG s/p phaco/trab OD and BGI OS, and ERM OS with macular edema OS receiving intravitreal Dexamethasone injections since 2017 presented with left eye redness, decreased VA, and pain for 4 days. He reported no history of trauma, no recent hospit…

Endophthalmitis

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Patrick Staropoli, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
Presenter/Faculty: Flynn, Staropoli
Endophthalmitis This is a case of a patient with post-operative light sensitivity 3 days after cataract extraction in the context of not beginning prednisolone drops. The initial vision was 20/25 with a mild fibrinous reaction on the lens and anterior chamber cell. The differential included post-op…

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Secondary Choroidal Neovascular Membrane

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Landon J. Rohowetz, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Carlos E. Mendoza Santiesteban, MD; Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Mendoza Santiesteban, Rohowetz, Yannuzzi
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Secondary Choroidal Neovascular Membrane A patient with no past ocular history presented to the emergency department complaining of floaters in the left eye for 4 days. Exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/20 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left eye. …

Intraorbital Foreign Body

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Shanlee M. Stevens, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Andrew J. Rong, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Rong, Stevens
Intraorbital Foreign Body A patient presented with right eye redness, swelling, and diplopia for 6 weeks after a dirt bike accident, where his right eye hit a tree branch. He underwent imaging and evaluation at an outside institution which revealed orbital fractures, but no evidence of an orbital f…

Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome, Cogan-Reese/Iris Nevus Syndrome Subtype with Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Jonathan D. Tijerina, MD, MA
Faculty Discussant(s): Guillermo Amescua, MD; Elena Bitrian, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Amescua, Bitrian, Tijerina
Iridocorneal Endothelial (ICE) Syndrome, Cogan-Reese/Iris Nevus Syndrome Subtype with Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma A patient presented with a 3-day history of unilateral worsening eye pain, blurry vision and irregular pupil in the right eye. Found to have elevated IOP at an outside facility and…

Lisch Corneal Dystrophy

Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Lily Zhang, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Carol L. Karp, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Dubovy, Karp, Zhang
Lisch Corneal Dystrophy A patient presented with blurry vision in the left eye and was found to have a pigmented superficial corneal lesion which showed hyperreflectivity without thickening on the AS-OCT. The lesion was biopsied and confirmed to be Lisch corneal dystrophy on pathology. The lesion r…

Orbital Sarcoidosis

Specialty: Ocular Oncology
Type: Online Grand Rounds
Include in Catalogue?: Yes
Presenter(s): Lauren C. Kiryakoza, MD
Faculty Discussant(s): Sander R. Dubovy, MD; Thomas E. Johnson, MD
Presenter/Faculty: Dubovy, Johnson, Kiryakoza
Orbital Sarcoidosis A patient presented with three months of left eye swelling and pain. He was found to have periorbital firmness and fullness, proptosis, and conjunctival chemosis. He underwent computed tomography imaging of the orbits with contrast, which demonstrated an ill-defined, irregular a…