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Postoperative Endophthalmitis An elderly patient with past medical history of quiescent birdshot chorioretinopathy on immunosuppressive therapy underwent uneventful cataract surgery in the right eye followed by intracameral injection of moxifloxacin at the end of the case. On postoperative day 4, t…

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 …

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 …

Endogenous Endophthalmitis A middle-aged patient presented to the ophthalmology emergency department with 1-day of blurred vision in his left eye. He reported fevers the week prior. Examination of the left eye was remarkable for a subretinal abscess with hemorrhage, vasculitis, and a preretinal hyp…

This photo demonstrates a large amelanotic yellow/white lesion that appears elevated in the temporal macula with adjacent vasculitis and multifocal hemorrhage. CT scan showed a large hypoattenuating lesion within the right lobe of the liver concerning for a liver abscess. The cultures grew Klebsiel…

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) Disease A middle-aged patient with no past medical history presented with acute onset vision loss in the left eye with flashes and floaters for one day. Best-corrected visual was 20/80 in the right eye and 20/800 in the left eye. Intraocular pressures were normal. Anterio…