Band optic atrophy is described as a horizontal band of optic disc pallor, often associated with a contralateral optic tract lesion and bilateral hemianopic visual field defects. Relative afferent ...

This man had metamorphopsia in the left eye. Although the visual distortion that is suggestive of metamorphopsia has been described in other anatomical sites, it is most frequently associated with ...

A 3-month-old full-term female infant presented to the University of New Mexico Hospital with decreased oral intake, reduced wet diapers and possible seizure activity. The infant was noted to be ...

It is recognized that standard interferon therapy can rarely cause ocular toxicity, including retinopathy and optic neuropathy, 1 but the frequency and severity of adverse effects of the pegylated ...

A 78-year-old man was referred for an ultrasound of his right eye to evaluate a small choroidal nevus. He also mentioned almost total loss of vision in his left eye over the past several days. His ...

A 44-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of painless, gradual loss of vision in her left eye. She describes her vision as “dark and blurry.” The patient’s ...

Clinicians learned that the man also had an altitudinal defect in his right eye, which he explained had improved on its own, so he had not seen his doctor. However, he added that his vision had not ...

A 14-year-old African-American female presented to the emergency room with a 2-day history of her left eye "sticking out." According to the patient, she awoke 2 days prior and noticed that her left ...

Figure 1. Humphrey visual field (HVF) testing, multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG), and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) clinical tests helped diagnose a case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome.

Dr. Mark A. Matza (Medicine): An 18-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of diplopia and proptosis of the left eye. The patient had been well until approximately 33 months before this ...