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Bilateral Blurry Vision After a Liver Transplant

A 31-year-old woman presented for evaluation of bilateral blurry vision over the past month. She experienced fulminant hepatic failure 3 months ago and underwent a liver transplant 2 weeks later. Postoperative pathological results showed hepatolenticular degeneration. What would you do…

Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter

This JAMA Insights discusses the importance of effective patient-clinician communication and provides strategies for clinicians that can enhance accurate information gathering and exchange, encourage patient engagement, enhance comprehension, and ensure retention of the information.

Cystic-Appearing Eyelid Lesion in a 62-Year-Old Man

A 62-year-old male was referred for evaluation of a painless right lower-eyelid lesion noted during routine glaucoma follow-up. The lesion had been present for 3 years with slow, gradual enlargement. What would you do next?

ECHO Autism: Intense Behavior

ECHO Autism: Intense Behavior aims to increase access to best-practice assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for individuals on the autism spectrum with intense behavior such as severe emotional dysregulation, self-injurious behaviors, and physical aggression towards others. A variety of research studies…

Transient Monocular Blindness in a Man in His 30s

This case report discusses a diagnosis of giant ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient who presented with transient monocular blindness and no cardiovascular symptoms.

An Atypical Optic Nerve Head Mass

A 47-year-old man presented with a sudden decrease in vision in the right eye and a history of binocular diplopia, bilateral cranial nerve 6 palsies, and an undifferentiated pontine mass. Examination revealed a large optic nerve head mass with optic…

Older Woman With Proptosis, Ptosis, and Blurred Vision

A woman in her early 70s with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and colon polyps presented to oculoplastic surgery with 1 week of progressive right-sided proptosis, headache, right eyelid ptosis, and blurry vision. Outside magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated…