Pain beyond the signs — Acanthamoeba keratitis in a lens wearer
A 24-year-old contact lens wearer has a severely painful red right eye for ten days, worsening despite antibiotic drops. The […]
Clinical Cases
Topic-wise clinical case discussions for eye-care professionals and students
A ring and a confession — Acanthamoeba ring infiltrate and confocal microscopy
A 27-year-old soft contact-lens wearer presents with severe right-eye pain for three weeks, out of proportion to the findings. He […]
Blood-red with a tender node — sporadic acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
A 29-year-old man wakes with both eyes dramatically blood-red — it happened overnight. The eyes are watery and gritty with […]
Red watery eyes after the child’s cold — adenoviral conjunctivitis
A 29-year-old man presents with red, watery eyes for 4 days, starting in the right eye and spreading to the […]
A tear in the back capsule — posterior capsular rupture with vitreous loss
A 70-year-old woman undergoes routine cataract surgery in her right eye. During the operation the surgeon recognises a tear in […]
The rock-hard brown lens — brunescent cataract in the very elderly
An 86-year-old woman has waited years for cataract surgery in her right eye and can now only count fingers. The […]
Twenty-four and asking — what can be done for adult amblyopia?
A 24-year-old woman with known left amblyopia (right 6/6, left 6/36, treated briefly with patching as a child) asks whether […]
Eleven years too late — dense amblyopia presenting past the sensitive period
An 11-year-old boy is brought because his left eye has ‘always turned in’ and the family now realises he cannot […]