Unilateral macular schisis with blurred vision in a woman
History of present illness A 44-year-old mildly symptomatic woman is referred for a “swollen retina” and vision that cannot be corrected better than 20/30 in her left eye. She has…
Bilateral asymptomatic pigmentary retinopathy
History of present illness ■ We present a case of a 57-year-old woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis referred for establishment of care in the setting of chronic hydroxychloroquine…
Autosomal dominant radial drusen
History of present illness A 38-year-old asymptomatic female patient with an unremarkable medical history was referred from an optometrist for bilateral drusen found on a routine eye examination. She denies…
Bilateral perifoveal degeneration in a woman
History of present illness A 47-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a chief report of “spots in vision.” She denied other changes in her vision, flashes, or floaters and…
I was never good at ghosts in the graveyard
History of present illness The patient is a 46-year-old practicing neurologist reporting difficulty with near vision. His fundus examination is abnormal, and upon questioning he says he has been told…
Bilateral peripheral pigmentary changes in a woman
History of present illness We present a 57-year-old woman with blurred central vision and mild impairment in night vision in both eyes. Her past ocular history is notable for bilateral…
Unilateral tractional retinal detachment in a 6-month-old female infant with erythematous skin lesions
History of present illness We present a case of a 6-month-old female infant with an unremarkable birth history referred for evaluation of vitreous hemorrhage and retinal detachment (RD) in the…
Progressive nyctalopia and tunnel vision in a young man
History of present illness We present a case of a 17-year-old male patient with an unremarkable past medical history referred for progressive nyctalopia and tunnel vision first noted at age…
Rapid progression of vision loss in a child with pigmentary retinopathy
History of present illness A 9-year-old girl was referred for progressively decreasing central vision with additional impairment of both night and peripheral vision. Examination findings Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/150…
Bilateral peripheral retinal and macular schisis in a young boy
History of present illness A 13-year-old boy presents to the retina clinic for blurry vision in both eyes. The patient’s mother states that the patient has been on topical dorzolamide…
