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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: 576
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: There is a trend for increasing frequency of primary and secondary syphilis in developed countries, especially in men who have sex with men. Ocular manifestations of syphilis are rare, occurring in less than one in 1 million persons. Distinctive patterns of syphilitic uveitis include white, focal preretinal opacities, and acute posterior placoid uveitis. […]
Abstract Number: 666
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 87 year old male with a history of bilateral cataract surgery 18 months prior and recent immigration to the United States as a farmer from Honduras presented for bilateral vision loss and eye pain worsening over the last 3 months. Evaluation by Ophthalmology revealed left panuveitis, right anterior uveitis, and right retinal […]
Abstract Number: 755
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and mitral valve prolapse presented to the ED per ophthalmology for further evaluation after 2 weeks of progressive bilateral vision changes, floaters, eye redness, and pain. On his initial presentation to eye clinic, he was diagnosed with bilateral panuveitis and managed with hourly prednisone […]
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 […]