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Seven-Year-Old Child with New Bilateral Corneal Haze

Aug 31, 2020

A 7-year-old girl with developmental delay presents for a routine eye examination and is noted to have new bilateral, central corneal haze in both eyes.

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To Stitch or Not to Stitch?

Mar 31, 2020

A 75-year-old man with a history of penetrating keratoplasty 6 months ago presents with a 2-day history of eye pain, blurry vision, and foreign-body sensation in his left eye.

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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Check and Point to Side Effects

Dec 05, 2019

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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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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

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Persistent Post-DSAEK Complications

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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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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Periorbital Swelling in a 6-Year-Old Girl

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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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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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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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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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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1 Self-Assessment AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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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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