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Glaucoma Drainage Device Related Endophthalmitis A patient with extensive past ocular history and multiple ocular surgeries, most recently a few months prior to presentation came to the emergency department with one day of pain and vision loss. On examination, patient was found to have a hypopyon, …

Choroidal Metastasis A patient presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute with blurred vision in the left eye for 5 days. Past medical and ocular history was unremarkable. Past social history was notable for 25 pack-year smoking history. Visual acuity in the right eye was 20/20. Visual acuity in …

Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy A young patient presents with acute onset of blurry vision and scotoma. Visual acuity is 20/25 in both eyes. Exam reveals hypopigmented patches in the macula of both eyes, as well as a flame hemorrhage in the left. Imaging reveals disruption of the outer plexiform, ou…

Chronic CRVO with Diffuse Exudates A patient presents with vision loss in both eyes that progressively worsens over the course of 11 months to bilateral diffuse exudates with a unilateral exudative retinal detachment. Medical history was most significant for recurrent chronic pancreatitis, hypercho…

Multifocal Uveal Melanoma in Setting of Oculodermal Melanocytosis A healthy young patient with prior history of myopia OU presents with sudden-onset decreased vision in the right eye. On presentation, patient’s exam was notable for visual acuity of HM in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. I…