Posted on October 3rd, 2024 by Academic Programs
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?
Posted on September 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
A 51-year-old male with a a history of BRAF V600 E mutation-positive, superficial spreading-type cutaneous melanoma on the chest with metastasis to a sentinel lymph node had a 4-week history of redness and swelling of the right temporal bulbar conjunctiva…
Posted on September 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
An African American patient in their 60s with a history of monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance presents to the oculoplastic service for intermittent, bilateral upper eyelid swelling and pain for 2 years. Examination reveals hyperpigmented, spongy eyelid edema with redundant…
Posted on September 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report discusses a diagnosis of X-linked Alport syndrome in a 54-year-old male patient who presented with a lamellar macular hole in his left eye.
Posted on September 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a diagnosis of combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) with filamentous RPE hyperplasia in a female child with a history of amblyopia, myopia, and exotropia of the affected eye.
Posted on September 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a diagnosis of floating retinal veins in a patient aged 4 years with a history of stage 2 familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Posted on September 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a woman aged 43 years with Stickler syndrome and bilateral vitreopapillary traction who presented with shadows and ghosting of vision in both eyes.
Posted on September 11th, 2024 by Academic Programs
A middle-aged patient who had bilateral penetrating keratoplasty 20 years ago for keratoconus presented with pain and blurriness of the right eye for 2 days. Despite prompt corticosteroid therapy, they had no vision improvement and reported occasional pain. What would…
Posted on September 9th, 2024 by Academic Programs
Clinical Question What is the efficacy of pharmacologic interventions in preventing proliferative vitreoretinopathy? Bottom Line There is limited high-quality evidence to support currently available pharmacological options for prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
Posted on July 25th, 2024 by Academic Programs
Importance Dry eye is a common ocular disease that can have substantial morbidity. Systematic reviews provide evidence for dry eye interventions and can be useful for patients, clinicians, and clinical guideline developers. Overviews of reviews use explicit and systematic methods to…