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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…

Systemic Lupus Erythematous Associated Anterior Scleritis and Uveitis A patient with a past medical history of ITP presented with recurrent episodes of red, painful eyes. Slit lamp exam was notable for sectoral injection without nodules that was tender to palpation and did not completely blanch wit…

Giant Fornix Syndrome A patient with a past medical history of hematologic abnormalities undergoing workup for malignancy presented with chronic conjunctival hyperemia and a conjunctival lesion in the left eye. Slit lamp exam was notable for mild injection and irregular, bumpy conjunctiva. He under…

A patient presented with complaint of red eyes and was diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis. He was treated symptomatically and returned with decreased visual acuity and diffuse subepithelial infiltrates in the previously-infected eye (see photo and OCT). After successful treatment with topical cort…

Subepithelial Infiltrates Secondary Due to Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis An adult patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Emergency Room with complaint of red eyes and was diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis. He was treated symptomatically and returned with decreased visual acuity and diffuse subepi…

Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia A 65-year-old male with history of suspected glaucoma, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia presented for a routine eye exam. Patient reported spending a lot of time in the sun. Visual acuity was 20/20 and intraocular pressure was normal in both eyes. Exam re…

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 Graft Versus Host Disease A 39-year-old female with 6 months of eye itchiness and yellow discharge for 6 months. Pt has a history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with allogenic bone marrow transplant. Pt diagnosed with ocular graft versus host disease. Pt had some improvement with lu…

Nocardia Amikacinitolerans Corneal Ulcer A 31-year-old male presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute ER with six weeks of decreased vision in the right eye. Examination revealed 20/70 vision, a white and quiet eye, with a stromal corneal infiltrate and elevated IOP. The patient was treated with…

Mycobacterium Abscessus Keratitis A patient was referred for management of a corneal ulcer in their right eye. Initial exam revealed VA OD CF with diffuse corneal epithelial defect, infiltrate, and endothelial plaque and anterior inflammation with a hypopyon. Corneal cultures were positive for Myco…

Lattice Corneal Dystrophy Lattice corneal dystrophy is a rare disease with a variety of etiologies. Historically, corneal dystrophies have been defined as bilateral, progressive processes that start in a patient’s first to second decade of life and have no correlation with systemic illnesses. Whi…

Corneal Decompensation Corneal decompensation in the setting of glaucoma surgery is a complex entity that is poorly understood. Endothelial cell loss occurs from both the glaucoma itself and from the placement of intraocular glaucoma devices. This decline in endothelial cells occurs via direct and …

Alkaline Chemical Corneal Burn 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 de…

Adenoviral Conjunctivitis 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 cultur…

A patient with multifocal choroiditis and serous retinal detachment in the setting of systemic cat scratch disease. Wide field fundus photos with multifocal small white subretinal lesions. Optical coherence tomography of the macula with serous retinal detachment, subretinal inflammatory material, a…

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…

HLA-B27-Associated Uveitis A 58-year-old male with a history of CAD, HTN, atrial fibrillation, and schizophrenia presented with 2 days of decreased vision, redness, and pain in the right eye. There was no trauma. Visual acuity was CF OD and IOP OD was elevated. Exam revealed a hemorrhagic hypopyon …

VKH A 52-year-old female that presents with blurry vision and eye pain for 2 days. VA OD E at 6' and OS 20/400. AC trace cell. Vit 1+ cell. DFE and OCT showed swollen optic disc and bilateral serous retinal detachments. Most likely diagnosis for bilateral panuveitis with serous retinal detachments …