One white pupil at birth — unilateral congenital cataract and the urgency of the first weeks
A 10-day-old baby girl is noticed by her grandmother to have a ‘white shine’ in the right eye in photographs. […]
Clinical Cases
Topic-wise clinical case discussions for eye-care professionals and students
White pupils at six weeks — bilateral congenital cataract
A 6-week-old infant is brought by worried parents who noticed a white colour in both pupils in photographs and in […]
One eye sees the world tilted — astigmatic anisometropic amblyopia
A 7-year-old boy is referred for 6/18 vision in his right eye found at school screening. His left eye is […]
Straight eyes, one lazy eye — anisometropic amblyopia found at screening
A 7-year-old girl is found to have poor vision in her right eye during a school vision screening. Her parents […]
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 […]
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 […]