Search

Vitreopapillary Traction Syndrome The patient presented to the emergency room (ER) with recent-onset photopsia and blurred vision in the left eye, ocular discomfort, and headache. Examination revealed 20/25 vision in the left eye, blurred disc margin, and inferior disc hemorrhage. MRI orbit was unr…

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…

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…

Vitamin A Deficiency A 73-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for Crohn’s disease and recently diagnosed colon cancer with recent sigmoid colon resection, presented with ten days of blurry vision in both eyes and nyctalopia. Onset of her symptoms was during a hospitalization fo…

Varicella Zoster Virus Retinitis A 59-year-old male with a past medical history of polymyositis on multiple immunosuppressants and a recent episode of shingles treated one month ago, presents to Bascom Palmer with decreased vision and pain in the right eye. Visual acuity was 20/150 in the affected …

Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema Syndrome A patient with past ocular history of congenital cataracts status post cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens insertion in both eyes was managed by an outside ophthalmologist for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in the right eye. The patient…

Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema (UGH) Syndrome A patient with a past ocular history of pseudophakia in both eyes, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma in both eyes, pseudophakic bullous keratopathy in the left eye, and persistent cystoid macular edema in the left eye, presented for evaluation for endothelial kerato…

Uveitic Glaucoma A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute emergency room with complaints of decreased vision, pain, and photophobia in the right eye for 3 months. The patient has no past medical history. He has a past ocular history of prior pars plana vitrectomy and trabeculectomy in…

Uveal Effusion Syndrome A patient with an ocular history of a retinal detachment (RD) in the left eye (OS) status post repair by pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) complicated by suprachoroidal hemorrhage presented with bullous serous RD in the right eye (OD). His initial visual acuity (VA) was hand motio…

Uveal Effusion Syndrome A patient was referred to the ocular oncology service for evaluation of a suspicious choroidal mass and serous retinal detachment in the right eye. The Snellen visual acuity was 20/80 and intraocular pressures were normal in both eyes. Examination and imaging of the right ey…

Uveal Effusion Syndrome A hyperopic patient developed blurry vision in the right eye associated with flashes and floaters. He was seen by a retina specialist who diagnosed the patient for unilateral serous retinal and choroidal detachments. The patient was given high doses of oral prednisone for a …

Uveal Effusion Syndrome A patient was referred by an outside provider with a history of decreased vision in the right eye for one year. Their ocular history included glaucoma in both eyes and Fuch’s corneal dystrophy. The visual acuity was 20/200 OD and 20/30 OS. The IOP was 18 OD and 24 OS. The …

In this module, we will look at:




Anterior Uveal Anatomy



Posterior Uveal Anatomy


Uveitis

Fundus photo with central and peripheral retinal atrophy as well and bone spicule RPE changes. This patient also had characteristic hearing loss.