Meeting
Abstract Number: 476
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old man presents with painful, progressive bilateral vision loss which began two months prior, and was described as the patient feeling as if he were “looking through a straw”. He noted excruciating eye pain, redness, and tearing. Despite work as a tree trimmer, patient denied known trauma. He endorsed a twenty-pound unintentional […]
Abstract Number: 842
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 44 year-old HIV-positive man on HAART with a CD4 count of 340 cells/mm3 and a history of primary syphilis treated with penicillin G benzathine presented to the ophthalmology clinic with five days of right eye redness, lacrimation, blurred vision and floaters. Examination of right eye revealed conjunctival injection and eyelid edema. Visual […]
Abstract Number: 877
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 72 year-old male with a diffuse rash and vision changes presented to the ophthalmologist for two weeks of photophobia, binocular horizontal double vision and eye irritation. Ocular exam was significant for visual acuity of 20/60 in the right eye and 20/125 in the left eye, a change from baseline of 20/20 a […]