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    An 80-year-old woman who was referred to your eye clinic by her dermatologist presents with symptoms of progressive, bilateral blurred vision 2 weeks following her second infusion of nivolumab as monotherapy for metastatic BRAF-positive malignant melanoma.
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    Doctor My Eyes
    Dec 04, 2019 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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    Sep 09, 2019 By Ladan Espandar, MD; Thomas J. Heigle, MD
    A patient with prior DSAEK surgery presents to your office with complaints of persistent blurred vision and photophobia
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    Jun 26, 2019
    A 6-year-old girl is referred by her general practitioner with the chief complaint of a right upper lid swelling.
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    Just a Head Cold?
    Jan 28, 2019
    A 58-year-old woman presents with sinus pressure, postnasal drip, and painful irritation of the right eye which has worsened over 6 weeks.
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    Then I Saw the Light
    Dec 27, 2018
    A reformed drug addict presents with acute pain, lid erythema, and crippling photophobia in his right eye.
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    Retiree with Chronic Redness in Both Eyes
    Nov 07, 2018 By Sonal S. Tuli, MD
    After a recent visit to another eye doctor, a 67-year-old man presents with recurrent episodes of bilateral conjunctivitis, crusting, and foreign-body sensation.
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    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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    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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