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This 20YO female presented with a history of headaches and recent floaters in her right eye. There was a history of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Color photography shows a swollen right nerve with overlying preretinal blood extending inferiorly. Fluorescein angiography showed no leakage. Unfortunately, further clinical information and follow-up are not available. Learning Points: Vitreous hemorrhage… Read More

This 28YO female presented with 4 days of blurred vision in her right eye. For the past 2 weeks, she has complained of generalized weakness, malaise, and body pain. Vision was counting fingers OD and 20/20 in her normal OS. Fundus photography shows variable, dense subretinal lipid, particularly confluent in the superonasal macula. There is… Read More

This 41YO female presented on 3/30/22 with a paracentral scotoma and metamorphopsia in her right eye. Vision was 20/800 OD and 20/20 in his initially normal OS. Optos color RG imaging at that time shows multifocal meandering scars radiating outwards from the disc and macula, consistent with serpiginous chorioretinopathy. All scarring appears inactive except for… Read More

This 55YO male presented with sudden bilateral vision loss that developed immediately following a motor vehicle accident, which included blunt thoracoabdominal trauma and transient loss of consciousness. Vision was 20/200 OU. Color photography shows bilateral inner and mid-retinal patches of white ischemic retina. The nerve fiber layer lesions appear as inner retinal hyperreflective thickening on… Read More

This 71YO male presented with one year of poor vision in his left eye following vitrectomy with silicone oil elsewhere for a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Vision was light perception. Pseudocolor SLO imaging shows a complex pattern of interlacing subretinal fibrosis bands. OCT scanning shows areas of disorganized retinal thinning, thickened disorganized retina nasally, and retinal… Read More

This 44YO male presented with hand motion vision OS from an acute giant tear (GRT) retinal detachment. Optos color RG imaging shows a complex GRT with one flap folded superonasally and the other inferotemporally, creating a sharply defined square region of temporal bare RPE. The optic disc is covered by the giant tear. Emergent vitrectomy… Read More

This 72YO female presented with 7 months of stable decreased vision in her left eye. Vision was 20/20 OD and 20/30 OS. Pseudocolor SLO imaging shows irregular foveal pigment loss with more distal drusen-like changes. There is diffuse outer nuclear layer macular schisis on OCT. An optic pit is noted along the temporal edge of… Read More

This 21YO female presented with a gradually progressive central scotoma in her left eye for the prior 2 months. Vision was 20/20 in her normal OD and 20/1600 OS. Fundus photography shows a foveal subretinal fibrotic macular neovascularization (MNV) with surrounding subretinal blood and variably confluent subretinal lipid noted more temporally. Some inner retinal hemorrhages… Read More

This 78YO female presented with sudden blurred vision in her left eye. Vision was 20/40. MultiColor SLO imaging shows subretinal, intraretinal and preretinal blood centered in the inferotemporal macula. A fibrosed retinal arterial macroaneurysm is seen along the inferior edge of the premacular blood. OCT shows a complex laminated pattern of subretinal and intraretinal blood. A RAM… Read More

How do you keep up with the medical literature? How to make sure you don’t miss a MUST-read article? Don’t worry, because we do the heavy lifting for you. Every month, we pull key clinical references from 24 major ophthalmic and retinal journals, summarize each article, and provide an easy way to access the abstracts…. Read More