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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…

Choroidal Folds Related to Multiple Myeloma Recurrence A patient with a prior diagnosis of Fuchs endothelial dystrophy and a past medical history including renal amyloidosis previously treated with chemotherapy presented to the outpatient ophthalmology clinic for routine follow-up. Examination disc…

Aspergillus Keratitis A patient with a history of eye trauma with metallic foreign body presented with pain and blurry vision and was found to have severe Aspergillus infectious keratitis. He continued to progress despite topical, systemic, and intrastromal anti-fungal therapy. He was initially tre…

Radiation Optic Neuropathy A patient with a history of skull base meningioma status-post gamma knife radiation presented with three weeks of decreased vision in both eyes. She had no light perception in the right eye and a visual acuity of 20/50 in the left. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain …

Orbital Cellulitis, Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, Pyomyositis of Extraocular Muscle, Bacteremia A 17-year-old female with no significant PMH presented to the BPEI Emergency Room with a red, swollen left eye for two days in the setting of recent lower lid lesion that the patient believed was a chalazi…

Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy A child with a history of full-term birth complicated by arrest of descent and resolved neonatal seizure with normal MRI and EEG was referred for evaluation of nystagmus. An examination under anesthesia was required, during which an electroretinogram demonstrate…

Endophthalmitis from Globe Perforation During Bilateral Upper/Lower Blepharoplasty A patient presented to the BPEI emergency room on referral for iritis and uveitis in the right eye, approximately four weeks after she underwent a bilateral upper and lower blepharoplasty in the community. Examinatio…