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Iris cyst of right and left eye.

Iris Pigment Epithelial Cysts A patient with a history of amblyopia and coloboma presented with decreased vision in both eyes over the past 2 years. Slit lamp exam was notable for pigmented lesions prolapsing through pupil and adhering to posterior cornea in both eyes. The patient sought surgical i…

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…

Patient presents with unilateral blurred vision, foreign body sensation and redness. Picture on the right shows gelatinous pinguecula at limbal location 4 clock hour, corneal surface with significant PEE. Picture on the left is HR-OCT that shows thickened and hyperreflective epithelium with abrupt …

Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia A patient presented to BPEI for a cornea evaluation with blurred vision, foreign body sensation and redness for 1 year duration. The exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/150 in the right eye. Intraocular pressure was 8 in the right eye, Slit lamp exam was most …

Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Conjunctiva A patient presented to the BPEI Emergency Room with a painless red eye for the past 3 months. Past medical history was limited to a recent hospitalization for a complicated pneumonia and a new diagnosis of HIV. Examination of the eye revealed an elevated, vascula…

Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunctiva.

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…

Radiation Optic Neuropathy A patient with a history of proton beam therapy for a chordoma near the clivus presented with 1 week of blurry vision in the left eye. On presentation, patient’s exam was notable for a visual acuity of 20/25 in the right eye and 20/50 in the left eye. Intraocular pressu…

Granular Cell Tumor A patient was referred by an outside ophthalmologist for evaluation. The patient reported having headaches, double vision, and eye bulging for 3 months. Her exam was notable for restricted extraocular movements in her left eye on abduction and adduction. Her slit lamp exam was n…

Multimodal imaging of a patient with ciliochoroidal melanoma with extraocular extension associated with sympathetic ophthalmia before and after treatment.

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 …

Ciliochoroidal Melanoma with Extraocular Extension Complicated by Sympathetic Ophthalmia A patient presented with a pigmented conjunctival lesion in the right eye of insidious onset and progressive course. She was found to have a ciliochoroidal melanoma with extraocular extension and underwent exci…

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Sac A patient presented to the emergency department for a history of tearing on the right eye and medial canthal mass. He had a history of chronic sinus pain for months, initial examination was notable for increased tear lake on the right eye, along with an i…

Acute Myeloid Leukemia A previously healthy child presented with bilateral periorbital edema, right greater than left proptosis, with generalized facial swelling and copious nasal discharge, not improved on antibiotics. Imaging revealed multiple extraconal soft tissue masses in the orbits bilateral…

Conjunctival melanoma treated with I-125 brachytherapy.

This patient presented with 1 month of left eyelid swelling. MRI showed infiltration in the periorbital soft tissues. Absolute CD4 count was 27 and the diagnosis was made with immunohistochemistry positive for HHV8. The patient was started on HAART therapy, the local lesions were treated with nitro…

Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma - Recurrence A young patient with notable past ocular history of orbital rhabdomyosarcoma, s/p chemotherapy with vincristine, dactinomycin, and cyclophosphamide, and proton beam radiation presented to Bascom Palmer ED with 2 days of blurry vision and “seeing everything gr…

Choroidal Metastases from Cutaneous Melanoma A patient with history of cutaneous melanoma presents with worsening vision of the right eye over a period of a few weeks. His exam was notable for visual acuity of 20/40 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left eye. Intraocular pressure was 18 in both eye…

Conjunctival Melanoma Two darkly pigmented patients with a diagnosis of conjunctival melanoma by an outside provider are presented here. Case 1 presented with a large jet black conjunctival lesion that was present for nearly 12 years. This lesion was biopsied by an outside provider and interpreted …