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Call for Submissions | 2017

Have an interesting case or baffling patient experience you'd like to share with other members? Send us your best clinical scenarios for publication on the ONE Network. Submit to casestudy@aao.org.

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Baby Love

May 16, 2018

A 33-year-old woman with ocular history significant for myopia presents for evaluation of asymptomatic subretinal fluid in her left eye.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 1061

Man with Unilateral Periorbital Edema

Feb 20, 2018

A 65-year-old man presents with 1 day of swelling and tenderness in his left eye along with blurred vision, increased tearing, and photosensitivity. He reports a recent lesion on his left eyelid.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 4269

Diplopia Following Cataract Surgery

Sep 18, 2017

A 68-year-old man underwent cataract surgery in his left eye and implantation of a posterior chamber IOL. At his 1-week follow-up visit, he reports constant double vision with no variability.

Case CME

1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 1363

My Name Is Veronica

Aug 25, 2017 By Christopher B. Estopinal, MD and Christopher T. Hood, MD

An 84-year-old woman complains of 6 weeks of pain and decreasing vision in her left eye.

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1 General AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 3551

Down on the Farm

Jun 22, 2017 By Ye Elaine Wang, MD; Laura A. Vickers, MD; Hugo Y. Hsu, MD; and Olivia L. Lee, MD

While working in a field, a farmer was struck in her right eye with hay. She promptly visited an optometrist, who removed a foreign body from her cornea, but 3 weeks on, there is no improvement.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 2416

Rude Awakening

May 12, 2017 By Nathaniel Simmons, MD, MS; Darby D. Miller, MD, MPH

A 32-year-old woman wakes with sharp pain in her right eye. Initially she felt as if she had a piece of glass in her eye. Now her eye feels sandy and dry but is slowly improving. She reports no history other than a remote corneal abrasion from a tree branch several years ago.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Views 2865

Head First

Apr 06, 2017 By Juliet P. Kim, MD; Brian T. Fowler, MD

A 19-year-old man is brought to the emergency room after a scooter accident in which he lost control and fell head-first into a bush.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 3779

Cloudy with a Chance of...

Feb 27, 2017 By Ravi R. Pandit, MD, MPH; Ashvini K. Reddy, MD

A 67-year-old Caucasian woman with a history of bilateral renal transplantation is referred for sudden painless vision loss in both eyes that began about 6 weeks ago.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 2150

Why So Blurry?

Feb 06, 2017 By H. Robert Papas, MD; Syed Gibran Khurshid, MBBS

A 14-year-old girl presents to your clinic with sudden-onset blurry vision in her left eye and no other symptoms. She was referred by an optometrist whom she originally saw for new contacts.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Views 3039

Prominent Episcleral Veins in a 53-Year-Old Man

Jan 31, 2017 By Ashvini K. Reddy, MD; Elizabeth F. Baze, MD

A 53-year-old man with a history of refractive error and heterochromia is referred to your clinic for management of glaucoma.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 66

Doctor My Eyes

Jan 09, 2017 By Anat Galor, MD; Roy C. Levitt, MD; and Todd P. Margolis, MD, PhD

A 47-year-old white woman complains of 3 years of bilateral dry-eye symptoms. She specifically reports a constant sensation of dryness, burning, and sensitivity to light in both eyes. Preservative-free artificial tears do not relieve her symptoms.

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1 Pain Management AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Young Woman in Search of Answers

Nov 07, 2016 By Kenneth B. Graham, MD; and Brian T. Savoie, MD

A 28-year-old woman presents with 1 week of blurred vision in both eyes with sudden onset of symptoms without progression.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 4744

Shoot the Lights Out

Sep 26, 2016

A 42-year-old man complains of experiencing severe headache that began as ocular pain while playing basketball.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 2045

Destination Unknown

Sep 21, 2016 By Ana Rita Azevedo, MD; Susan Teixeira, MD

A 45-year-old Peace Corps volunteer presents for a routine eye checkup in anticipation of moving abroad. The clinical exam reveals an unexpected lesion.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Views 523

Like a Bull in a China Shop

Sep 11, 2016 By Tushar Suthar, MD; Howard Pomeranz, MD, PhD

A 27-year-old man is referred for left-sided blurry vision. He reports bumping awkwardly into objects on his left side and occasionally breaking those in his path.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 651

Critical Mass

Jul 01, 2016 By Omar Ozgur, MD; Tatyana Milman, MD

A middle-aged man presents with a left orbital lesion diagnosed previously as cavernous hemangioma. Until recently, the patient was asymptomatic.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 1126

Flash Dance

Mar 22, 2016 By Grier Bomar, Jr MD; Victor Copeland, MD; Vishak J. John, MD

A 48-year-old woman presents with sudden onset of unilateral flashing lights and blind spot in her left eye.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Views 3602

Little Eye, Big Problem

Feb 13, 2016 By Rebecca S. Braverman, MD

A twin baby girl is referred by her neonatologist for suspected retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Views 907

Then I Saw the Light

Jan 18, 2016

A reformed drug addict presents with acute pain, lid erythema, and crippling photophobia in his right eye.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Comments 0

Views 739

Charlotte Web

Jan 15, 2016

A 63-year-old woman complains of 6 weeks of floaters and decreased visual acuity in both eyes that is worse in the evening.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Views 4851

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