Category: Case of the Month
October 24, 2024Purtscher-like Retinopathy in SLE – October, 2024
A 24-year-old female was referred for cotton wool spots OU. She complained of mild blurry vision with flashing lights OU. She was recently diagnosed with …
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September 24, 2024Epiretinal Membrane – September, 2024
A 54-year-old presented with progressive blurry vision in the right eye (OD) two months following barricade laser for a retinal detachment in this eye. Exam: …
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August 12, 2024Serpiginous Choroidopathy – August, 2024
A 65-year-old female presented with blurry vision in the left eye (OS) that had progressively worsened over years. Exam: Visual acuity (VA) was 20/40 in the …
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July 10, 2024North Carolina Macular Dystrophy – July, 2024
A 42-year-old male presented for a second opinion after being diagnosed with bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis. He had no visual symptoms and reported trauma to …
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May 15, 2024Ocular Albinism – May, 2024
A 30-year-old male presented for retinal exam after general ophthalmologist could not refract him to 20/20. He reported poor vision since childhood. He had …
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March 15, 2024Focal Scleral Nodule – March, 2024
A 16-year-old female presented as second opinion with decreased vision in the right eye (OD) for one week. She has no significant family or medical history and …
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February 14, 2024Choroideremia – February, 2024
A 14-year-old male presented at the request of his mother who was a carrier for an inherited condition. While he denied any visual complaints, his mother …
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January 10, 2024Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome (MEWDS) – January, 2024
A 25-year-old female with no known past medical history presented with symptoms of static vision in her left eye (OS) for the past 2 weeks. She had a history …
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December 20, 2023Retinal Astrocytic Hamartoma – December, 2023
A 64-year-old male presented with intermittent floaters in the right eye for a few months. He denied previous ocular history, but had a history of …
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November 10, 2023Lipemia Retinalis – November, 2023
A 43 year old male with no known past medical history presented for evaluation of retinal whitening. Patient denied any ocular symptoms and had no significant …
