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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis This presentation describes a case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis in which ocular disease (scleritis) led to the diagnosis. The patient subsequently developed scleral melt with uveal show, requiring a multidisciplinary approach with Rheumatology to escalate imm…

Toxoplasmosis Necrotizing Retinitis Mimicking Acute Retinal Necrosis A 38-year-old male was referred to Bascom Palmer retina department with a 7-month history of decreased vision in the right eye. Examination revealed hand motions vision, anterior and posterior segment inflammation, and a near tota…

Toxoplasmosis Necrotizing Retinitis Mimicking Acute Retinal Necrosis A 38-year-old male was referred to Bascom Palmer retina department with a 7-month history of decreased vision in the right eye. Examination revealed hand motions vision, anterior and posterior segment inflammation, and a near tota…

Sebaceous Carcinoma Presenting with Corneal Ulcer and Descemetocele An 87-year-old male was referred for second opinion due to nonhealing corneal ulcer of his right eye. He had a past medical history significant for basal cell carcinoma, arthritis, hypertension, hypothyroid, CABG, and carotid stent…

Sebaceous Carcinoma Presenting with Corneal Ulcer and Descemetocele An 87-year-old male was referred for second opinion due to nonhealing corneal ulcer of his right eye. He had a past medical history significant for basal cell carcinoma, arthritis, hypertension, hypothyroid, CABG, and carotid stent…

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…

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…

Abstract A 79-year-old male with history of Fuchs endothelial dystrophy of both eyes s/p penetrating keratoplasty of both eyes (1980s), repeat penetrating keratoplasty of left eye (2018) and regmatogenous retinal detachment of left eye s/p repair with silicon oil who presents with culture positive …

Abstract A 43-year-old female presented to her primary care physician with swelling of the lateral aspect of the right upper eyelid without visual complaints. The primary care physician noted proptosis of the right globe and ordered a CT scan which revealed a mass in the right lacrimal gland fossa.…

Abstract A 31-year-old male presents with eye redness, foreign body sensation, and blurry vision in both eyes, worse in the right eye. On exam he is found to have follicular conjunctivitis in both eyes with sub epithelial infiltrates on the right cornea. His conjunctiva were cultured and PCR was po…

Abstract A 48-year-old male presented with intermittent bilateral eyelid swelling for 5 years and progressively enlarging well-demarcated yellow eyelid lesions. On exam, patient had chemosis, and reduced up gaze in the right eye, prompting orbital imaging with MRI which demonstrated enlargement of …

Abstract RPE tears occur in AMD as part of the normal disease progression. They are usually associated with vascularized pigment epithelial detachments at a rate of 10%. RPE tears are also associated with Central Serous Retinopathy, Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation, Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopat…

Abstract A 63-year-old male presented with decreased vision and pain after alkali chemical splash to both eyes at a utility plant. He presented with perilimbal ischemia in the right eye greater than the left, complete opacification of the right cornea and a large epithelial defect in the left. His …

Abstract A 5-year-old male referred to the BPEI pediatric ophthalmology clinic for second opinion regarding bilateral progressive vision loss since infancy. VA was 20/200 OU and the patient had nystagmus. He was 99% percentile for weight but had no hearing loss or polydactyl. He underwent sedated E…

Abstract A 17-year-old male with a biallelic RPE65 mutation resulting in autosomal recessive Leber Congenital Amaurosis is referred for evaluation for subretinal gene therapy with voretigene neparvovec-rzyl. Baseline evaluation was remarkable for severe nyctalopia and limited peripheral vision with…

Abstract A 73-year-old female presented to clinic with a large ulcerated lesion involving the forehead, glabella, upper eyelids and extending towards the medial canthi bilaterally. The lesion had been present and growing for over 19 years, but the patient was reluctant to seek medical care. Incisio…

Abstract A 51-year-old female was transferred from an outside facility 5 days after buttock augmentation surgery in the prone position. On examination, there was no light perception in the right eye and hand motion vision in the left eye. The nerves were pale and edematous in both eyes. Exam was ot…

Abstract A 32-year-old female patient with bilateral chemical ocular burn. On ocular examination revealed 20/300 and 20.400 vision, with bilateral limbal ischemia and corneal epithelial defect, treated with saline solution irrigation and multiple amniotic membranes. Patient developed total limbal s…

Abstract 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 neuritis an…

Abstract 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 was treated with l…