Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male presented to the ER two days after sudden-onset vision loss in his right eye while driving which he described as a “round black spot the size of a large clock.” This prompted him to stop his car and get out, after which he felt off-balance for 10 minutes. The vision [...]

Case Presentation: 56-year-old male with no significant medical history presented to our hospital with progressive monocular vision loss, initially referred by ophthalmology for new diagnosis of uveitis. He initially noticed blurring of vision in his right eye about one month prior to presentation. His ophthalmologist started him on a combination of atropine and Difluprednate eye [...]

Case Presentation: A 24-year old woman presented to the emergency department with three days of decreased vision after she sustained blunt trauma to her face during a physical altercation. Social history was notable for methamphetamine use and unprotected sexual activity with multiple partners. Physical exam demonstrated right-sided periorbital swelling and tenderness, pupils were equal, round, [...]

Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male presented with acutely worsening left eye pain, lacrimation and swelling which had progressed over 3 days. He reported non-traumatic acute onset of left eye blindness 3 weeks prior to that, with no associated headache, fevers, chills or other constitutional symptoms. The patient had early cataracts, and an otherwise uneventful ocular [...]

Case Presentation: A 58 year old man, who has sex with men, presented with three weeks of blurred vision. During this period he also noted fevers, malaise, and headache. Physical exam revealed a patchy erythematous scalp rash with associated alopecia. Fundoscopic examination revealed anterior uveitis bilaterally. Serum RPR was positive, with a titer of 1:64, [...]

Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with one year of progressive vision loss. He saw an ophthalmologist one month after the initial onset and described it as a “dark curtain” progressing from his central vision. He was diagnosed with decreased visual acuity bilaterally. He was prompted to go to [...]

Case Presentation: An uninsured, homeless 26-year-old male with no past medical history presented with two weeks of progressive left eye vision loss described as a central enlarging black spot progressing to complete vison loss. Three months prior, he describes a painless, penile bump and a skin rash which started on his hands and feet. He [...]

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) after referral by ophthalmology for blurry vision. Three months prior to presentation, he was admitted after seeing ophthalmology for bilateral blurry vision and right eye scotoma. During that hospitalization, with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation without anticoagulation, his symptoms were attributed to [...]