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Search Results for Ocular syphilis
Abstract Number: 335
SHM Converge 2021
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 […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
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 […]
Abstract Number: 631
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
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, […]
Abstract Number: 655
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
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 […]
Abstract Number: 741
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
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, […]
Abstract Number: 784
SHM Converge 2023
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 […]
Abstract Number: 833
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old man who has sex with men (MSM) with extensive cerebrovascular history, including non-traumatic internal carotid artery dissection, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) with left-sided hemiparesis, Circle of Willis aneurysm, presented with acute painless central scotoma in his left eye for one day. He was seen by an outpatient ophthalmologist, who visualized a placoid […]
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 […]
Abstract Number: 919
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old male with past medical history of HIV, congenital blindness of the left eye presented with a chief complaint of blurred vision in the right eye since past 6 months. He reported that blurring of vision fluctuates with dark spots in between. He had full work up done in his past hospitalization. […]
Abstract Number: M42
SHM Converge 2022
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 […]