Category: Case of the Month
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July 16, 2019Tuberculosis – July 2019
A 71 year old man presented to the Illinois Retina for baseline eye exam upon starting Ethambutol. He has no vision complaints and has no history of eye …
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June 18, 2019Multifocal Central Serous Chorioretinopathy – June 2019
A 38-year-old man presents with complaints of blurry vision, mostly at near, in the left eye for several weeks. No known ocular problems, but did have a …
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May 14, 2019Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion – May 2019
A 60 year old female presents with new onset “pink blob in my vision” which has been present for several weeks. She denies other episodes of vision loss. She …
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April 9, 2019Acute Retinal Necrosis – April 2019
A 32 year old man with a history of HSV keratitis presents with injection and sensitivity to light. He was started on topical antibiotic drops by his primary …
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February 26, 2019Optic Nerve Pit – February 2019
A 45-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presenting with complaint of a shadow in the temporal visual field of the left eye that has been …
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January 21, 2019VKH – January 2019
A 39 year old African American woman presented to the clinic with eye pain and blurred vision. She had a history of angle recession glaucoma in the left eye …
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December 13, 2018Focal Choroidal Excavation – December 2018
A 52 year-old man was referred to Illinois Retina for suspected central serous chorioretinopathy. He has had increasing central visual distortion in his left …
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November 7, 2018Astrocytic Hamartoma – November 2018
The patient is a 10 year old boy who was referred for a stable mass in the posterior pole. The patient was first seen by the referring provider 3 years ago as …
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October 11, 2018West Nile – October 2018
A 54-year-old woman with past medical history of stage III uterine carcinosarcoma, currently receiving treatment with Keytruda, who presents with new numerous …
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September 10, 2018MEWDS – September 2018
A 34 year old man presents with blurry vision in a new “blind spot” in his left eye vision that has been present for ten days. He noticed it has slowly gotten …
