Category: Case of the Month
April 22, 2020Neurosyphilis – April, 2020
A 43 year old male with a history of HIV presented to the Emergency Department with complaints of headaches, blurred vision and ringing in his ears. An …
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March 24, 2020Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy – March 2020
A 44-year-old African-American male (who had not seen an eye provider in years) presented to Illinois Retina for a diabetic evaluation. He complained of blurry …
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February 25, 2020High Altitude Retinopathy – February 2020
A 32 year old female presents with sudden vision loss in the left eye. She notes it as a grey thumb print in her left eye and noticed it while she was washing …
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January 14, 2020Maternally Inherited Diabetes And Deafness – January 2020
A 62-year-old Hispanic female presented to clinic with a complaint of blurred vision for two months. She also noted intermittent flashes in both eyes, but no …
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November 19, 2019White Without Pressure – November, 2021
A 24-year-old pregnant woman with type 2 diabetes presented upon referral from a primary care physician for diabetic eye exam. The patient had occasional …
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November 13, 2019Combined Hamartoma Of Retina – November 2019
A 23-year-old man presented with blurred vision in his right eye for the last 2-3 months. At his last outside visit 7 months prior, he said his vision was …
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October 21, 2019Choroidal Melanoma – October 2019
A 64 year old woman presents to clinic with a 2 month history of shadow in her vision. She states that over the last 6 months, she has noticed her vision …
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September 12, 2019Toxoplasmosis – September 2019
A 42 year old female presents with one week of blurred vision in the left eye. She states that a week ago she had a “spider bite” and subsequently developed …
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August 9, 2019Acute Macular Neuroretinitis – August 2019
A 42 year old female presents with one week of blurred vision in the left eye. She states that a week ago she had a “spider bite” and subsequently developed …
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June 18, 2019Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy – June 2019
A 38-year-old man presents with complaints of blurry vision, mostly at near, in the left eye for several weeks. No known ocular problems, but did have a …
