Placoid patches after the flu — APMPPE
A 31-year-old man presents with sudden bilateral blurred vision and paracentral scotomas 2 weeks after a flu-like illness. He has […]
Clinical Cases
Topic-wise clinical case discussions for eye-care professionals and students
The retina melting from the edges — acute retinal necrosis
A 45-year-old healthy man develops floaters and rapidly worsening vision in his right eye over one week, with mild ache. […]
The airbag saved her life — and burned her eye
A 29-year-old driver was in a moderate-speed collision yesterday; the airbag deployed. She presents with a painful, red, watery left […]
Battery acid on the shop floor — acid chemical burn
A 34-year-old battery factory worker arrives 20 minutes after concentrated sulphuric acid splashed into his right eye when a container […]
The inward turn that glasses straightened — refractive accommodative esotropia in a 5-year-old
A 5-year-old boy is brought by his mother, who says his right eye turns inward. She first noticed it three […]
More divergent looking down — A-pattern exotropia and the chin-up posture
An 11-year-old girl with intermittent exotropia holds her chin up ‘all the time’, which her parents find odd. On examination […]
Different-sized worlds — aniseikonia and iseikonic thinking
A 45-year-old man with -3.00 D in the right eye and -7.00 D in the left cannot tolerate contact lenses […]
Crossed when tired — hypermetropia behind accommodative esotropia
A 3-year-old girl’s right eye turns inward when she is tired or looking at near toys. Her parents noticed it […]
A grey band across the cornea — band keratopathy in chronic uveitis
A 30-year-old woman with longstanding chronic anterior uveitis presents with a greyish band across the central cornea and reduced vision […]
A mulberry on the retina — astrocytic hamartoma in tuberous sclerosis
A 7-year-old boy with tuberous sclerosis (facial angiofibromas, seizures) is referred for baseline eye screening. He has no visual complaints […]