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Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia A 71-year-old male with a history of atopic dermatitis was referred to BPEI for evaluation of a corneal lesion. Exam revealed an opalescent and gelatinous lesion at 2-4 o'clock at the limbus in the left eye. Anterior segment OCT showed a thickened, hyperreflective …

Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia A patient presented to BPEI for a cornea evaluation with blurred vision, foreign body sensation and redness for 1 year duration. The exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/150 in the right eye. Intraocular pressure was 8 in the right eye, Slit lamp exam was most …

Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia An elderly patient with a diffuse ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) of the left eye is treated with cycles of Interferon, 5 Fluorouracil and Mitomycin C topical chemotherapy without improvement. Due to high out-of-pocket costs and epiltheliopathy after 7 mon…

Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia A patient with an ocular history of OSSN presents with several months of monocular double vision in his right eye. He states that symptoms came on slowly and have progressively gotten worse. His exam was notable for a vision of 20/150 in the right eye that pin-hole…

Oculocutaneous Albinism A 12-year-old female with a history of OCA was referred to the retina clinic for evaluation. She had no significant family history. Best corrected visual acuity was 20/80 in the right eye and 20/70 in the left eye. On exam she was noted to have nystagmus and a small angle in…

Ophthalmia Nodosa A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute retina/uveitis clinic with 2 months of right eye irritation and floaters. He reported being hit in the right eye by a large flying insect while working on a cruise ship in the Bahamas immediately prior to the onset of symptoms…

Optic Disc Drusen with Structural and Functional Changes A young child presented with crossing of the eyes without headaches or associated neurologic symptoms. Visual acuity was OD 20/30 and OS 20/40. Motility examination demonstrated moderate angle esotropia with full versions. Intraocular pressur…

Optic Nerve Pit Optic nerve anomalies are rare entities with a variety of clinical presentations. They can be classified according to anomalies of disc size, disc conformation, or by the presence of abnormal tissue on the optic nerve head, or pseudoswelling. Here, we present a child with an inciden…

Orbital Cellulitis, Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, Pyomyositis of Extraocular Muscle, Bacteremia A 17-year-old female with no significant PMH presented to the BPEI Emergency Room with a red, swollen left eye for two days in the setting of recent lower lid lesion that the patient believed was a chalazi…

Orbital Cysts An elderly patient presented with two years of chronic pain in an otherwise healthy-appearing anophthalmic socket after enucleation. CT orbits was obtained which showed two hyperdense cystic lesions superior and posterior to the orbital implant. Orbital exploration was performed, the …

Orbital Lympathic Dominant Lymphatic Venous Malformation A patient with a past ocular history of orbital lymphatic-venous malformation with left upper eyelid swelling and proptosis at childhood who underwent sclerosing therapy presents 7 years later with newly developed left upper eyelid swelling, …

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…

Orbital Necrotizing Fasciitis A patient found down by EMS with left orbital swelling for 2 days after he was unable to take his medications due to a recent illness. He was admitted to a hospital and treated for diabetic ketoacidosis, Group A Streptococcus sepsis and left orbital infection before pr…

Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma - Recurrence A young patient with notable past ocular history of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma, s/p chemotherapy with vincristine, dactinomycin, and cyclophosphamide, and proton beam radiation presented to Bascom Palmer ED with 2 days of blurry vision and “seeing everything gr…

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…

Orbital Venous Lymphatic Malformation A 2-year-old previously healthy female presented with 2 days of sudden onset left lid swelling immediately following an episode of vomiting. She was found on exam to have ptosis, mild proptosis, and left upper lid edema, induration, and fullness. MRI of the orb…

Orbital Venous Lymphatic Malformation A patient presented to the ER complaining of 2 days of increasing pain and swelling behind the left eye. Of note the patient reported that as a teenager he was previously treated for an orbital tumor. On exam he was found to have massive proptosis, hyperglobus …

Orthokeratology Lens Related Keratitis A myopic patient with daily orthokeratology lens use presented for eye pain and decrease in vision of both eyes for one week. Patient had no changes in his normal use of lenses. On examination, patient demonstrated findings concerning for an infectious keratit…

Pachyphakia, Microcornea, and Angle Closure A patient presented for right eyelid drooping and redness. The patient had a remote history of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) which had been treated with extensive retinal laser ablation as a neonate. The patient was found to have pachyphakia, microcorn…

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…