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Painful Oral Ulcer in the Buccal Mucosa of a Healthy Adult

A healthy 69-year-old man presented with a painful, progressively enlarging ulcer located on the left buccal mucosa that was 3???2 cm, grayish-yellow and shallow in nature and had smooth, well-demarcated borders covered by a fibrinopurulent membrane. What is your diagnosis?

Corneal Clouding in a 74-Year-Old Man

A man aged 74 years presented with painless blurry vision in the right eye. Examination revealed a granular white opacity and prominent blood vessels in the corneal stroma, with no epithelial defect and no further findings on anterior or posterior…

String of Pearls of the Eyelid in a Child Aged 9 Years

This case report describes a diagnosis of lipoid proteinosis in a child aged 9 years who presented with atrophic facial scars and beaded papules along the eyelid margins bilaterally.

Takayasu Arteritis on Ultra–Widefield Imaging

This case report discusses a diagnosis of Takayasu retinopathy in a female aged 18 years who presented with a recent diagnosis of systemic Takayasu arteritis stage IIa.

Triamcinolone Acetonide–Wrapped Silicone Oil in the Anterior Chamber

This case report discusses a diagnosis of a silicone oil bubble encased in triamcinolone acetonide in the anterior chamber of a patient who underwent retinal detachment repair and silicone oil removal 3 months before presentation.

Lung Adenocarcinoma With Metastasis to Extraocular Muscle

This case report describes a diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the extraocular muscle in a 38-year-old man with previously resected lung adenocarcinoma who presented with a 1-month history of redness and pain in the right eye.

Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers – A Review

Importance  Early-onset gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is typically defined as GI cancer diagnosed in individuals younger than 50 years. The incidence of early-onset GI cancer is rising globally, and early-onset GI cancers represent the most rapidly increasing early-onset cancer in the US….