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Type C Carotid Cavernous Fistula A patient presented with acute, painless, intermittent double vision. The patient had a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and myocardial infarction. The presenting visual acuity was 20/25 in both eyes with normal pupillary responses and intraocul…

Orbital Sarcoidosis A patient presented with three months of left eye swelling and pain. He was found to have periorbital firmness and fullness, proptosis, and conjunctival chemosis. He underwent computed tomography imaging of the orbits with contrast, which demonstrated an ill-defined, irregular a…

Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy and Retinopathy of Prematurity An infant underwent ophthalmic examination. Born at 32 weeks, the infant weighed 680 grams and received high-flow nasal cannula for respiratory distress of the newborn. Dilated fundus examination of the right eye revealed periphera…

Juvenile X-linked Retinoschisis A pediatric patient with a past medical history of Kawasaki disease presents for retinal evaluation of reported vitreous hemorrhage in the right eye and retinal detachment in the left eye. The visual acuity was 20/200 in the right eye and 20/800 in the left eye. The …

Refractory Full Thickness Macular Hole A patient presented with a “black central spot” in the right eye. The past ocular history included an idiopathic full thickness macular hole in the right eye that had undergone pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peel two times. The left …

Retinal Tear An asymptomatic patient presented for routine ophthalmic examination. The anterior segment examination was significant for cataracts in both eyes. The dilated fundus examination revealed a superotemporal horseshoe tear (HST) with surrounding subretinal fluid in the right eye and was no…