Epicapsular Stars in an Asymptomatic Patient
This case report discusses a diagnosis of epicapsular stars during a routine ophthalmologic examination in an asymptomatic female patient aged 14 years.
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Evanescent Snowflake Cataract After Pars Plana Vitrectomy
This case report discusses the finding of early cataract after pars plana vitrectomy in a patient with a history of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
Acute Annular Outer Retinopathy in a Patient Aged 29 Years
This case report discusses a diagnosis of acute annular outer retinopathy in a 29-year-old female patient who presented with recent onset of visual field defect and photopsia.
Test-Negative Study Designs for Evaluating Vaccine Effectiveness
This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods article explains the test-negative study design, an observational study design routinely used to estimate vaccine effectiveness, and examines its use in a study that estimated the performance of messenger RNA boosters against the…
Rapidly Growing Eyelid Lesion in a 73-Year-Old Man
A man aged 73 years presented with a 5-day history of a fast-growing right eyebrow nodule with raised borders and central ulceration. There was no discomfort, and the patient denied vision changes. The lesion was refractory to treatment with erythromycin,…
Solid Facial Edema
This case report describes nonpitting erythematous edema on the forehead, glabella, nose, and cheeks.
Bilateral Calcification of the Meckel Cave Causing Hemicrania Continua
This case report describes a woman with bilateral orbital and frontal throbbing pain with stabbing exacerbations and dystrophic calcification of dura mater and arachnoid granulations.
Bilateral Retinal Vascular Tortuosity and Hemorrhages
A 28-year-old man presented with decreased visual acuity in his right eye for the past 2 weeks. Examination revealed dilated and tortuous veins, Roth spots, and white intraretinal agglomerates. What would you do next?
Deep Learning for Video-Based Assessment in Surgery
This surgical innovation explains how applying deep neural networks could ensure the continued use of video-based assessment.
A Man in His 50s With Dyspnea and Eosinophilia
A man in his 50s presented with progressive dyspnea, eosinophilia (eosinophils, 3.27 × 109/L; to convert to /μL, divide by 0.001), thrombocytopenia (platelet count, 53 × 109/L; to convert to × 103/μL, divide by 1), and elevated troponin T level…
