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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 …

Bilateral Mycobacterium Tuberculosis-Associated Necrotizing Kerato Sclerouveitis Complicated by Bilateral Corneoscleral Perforation and Uveal Prolapse A patient presented from the Bahamas with 5-month history of redness, worsening eye pain, and 5 days of decreasing vision with enlarging “red spot…

Bilateral Papillitis A 66-year-old man presented to Bascom Palmer with complaints of blurry vision in both eyes for three days which he described as painless. Vision was 20/350 in the right and 20/200 in the left eye with evident papillitis in both eyes on exam. An MRI revealed no retrobulbar optic…

Bilateral Retinoblastoma A 7-month-old girl with a white pupil in the right eye is diagnosed with group D retinoblastoma in the right eye and group B retinoblastoma in the left eye. Her right eye is treated with intra-arterial chemotherapy with melphalan, carboplatin, and topotecan. Her left eye wa…

Bilateral Subacute/Chronic Endophthalmitis Leading to Complex Combined Retinal Detachment A patient with past medical history of chronic sciatica and recurrent skin abscesses presented to an outside hospital with positive blood, urine, and skin abscess cultures positive for methicillin sensitive st…

Bilateral Tube Exposure A patient presented to the BPEI emergency room with blurry vision and pain of both eyes for 1 week. The patient had a history of Xen gel stents with injection of 0.1ml 0.04mg/mL mitomycin-C, as well as revision of both blebs with injection of triamcinolone and mitomycin-C, i…

Birdshot Chorioretinopathy The patient presented with blurry vision, flashes of lights and floaters in the right eye that progressively worsened and eventually affecting her fellow eye. She was found to have signs of inflammation on clinical examination, which was further supported by imaging modal…

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…

Bleb Leak An elderly patient presented to the glaucoma department for follow up examination of her primary open angle glaucoma. Her IOP was above goal and progression was noted on Humphrey visual fields of both eyes. She underwent uncomplicated cataract extraction with intraocular lens implant comb…

Bleb Leak A patient with past ocular history of trabeculectomy for juvenile open angle glaucoma and DSAEK for Fuch’s endothelial corneal dystrophy presented to the emergency room with left eye blurred vision and redness. The patient was diagnosed with acute graft rejection. The patient was starte…

Bleb-Associated Endophthalmitis An adult patient presented to the Bascom Palmer emergency room for evaluation of two days of pain, redness, discharge, and vision loss of the left eye. He had a history of open angle glaucoma and underwent trabeculectomy bilaterally in both eyes two years prior to pr…

Bosch-Boonstra-Schaaf Syndrome The following case review presents a 3-year-old, born full term, with developmental delay which was referred by an outside physician for further evaluation. Further testing was required for a final diagnosis which included an MRI of the brain and genetic testing. Resu…

Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion A patient with a past medical history of fusiform aneurysm of the right anterosuperior M2 trunk measuring 7 x 15 mm underwent a pipeline assisted coil embolization of the right middle cerebral artery M2 fusiform aneurysm, which led to almost complete obliteration of …

Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome and Coloboma A young child presented with light perception visual acuity in the right eye and white cataract. Some dysmorphic features were also documented such as wide nasal tip, prominent philtral pillars, hypertelorism, telecanthus, right ptosis, and malformed pinn…

Brimonidine Associated Uveitis A patient with a past ocular history of advanced normal tension glaucoma in both eyes presented with 1 month of blurry vision in both eyes. His exam was notable for decreased visual acuity of 20/30 in the right eye and 20/50 in the left eye. Intraocular pressure was 9…

Brown Syndrome A patient was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED) 2 years before presenting to our clinic. He complained of horizontal and vertical diplopia. The diplopia was constant and affected distance vision only. The patient was previously treated with teprotumumab. His exam was notable f…

C2orf71 Retinitis Pigmentosa A patient presents to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic for evaluation of chronic progressive vision loss over many years. There is high suspicion for a genetic disorder given findings of bilateral symmetric nerve pallor, diffuse chorioretinal atrophy, and attenuated vascu…

Canthaxanthin Crystalline Retinopathy A patient presents with a history of progressive blurry vision in her left eye for two years. She has no significant past medical history except for consuming an over-the-counter oral tanning agent for a period of seven years that was discontinued three years p…

Carcinoma Ex Pleomorphic Adenoma A 76-year-old female referred by primary care physician for right eye proptosis. The patient complained of diplopia for the last six months without associated pain or irritation. External exam was significant for proptosis of the right eye and hypoglobus. Visual acu…

Cataract Associated with Ciliary Body Melanoma A patient with recently diagnosed ciliary body melanoma was referred to the BPEI glaucoma service for cataract evaluation. Examination revealed CF vision, a dense white cataract, and ciliary body melanoma that had extended into the iris. The patient ha…