Case 20
A 46-year-old lady was referred by her optometrist with an abnormal optic disc appearance and flashes in her right eye.
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A 46-year-old lady was referred by her optometrist with an abnormal optic disc appearance and flashes in her right eye.
Tags: flashes, prominent optic disc, raised intracranial pressure, optic disc drusen
A 22-year-old man presented with a “blob” in the centre of his right vision.
Tags: preretinal haemorrhage, diabetic retinopathy, valsalva retinopathy
A 10-year-old boy was referred with blurred left vision following blunt ocular trauma.
Tags: trauma, vitreomacular traction syndrome, traumatic full-thickness macular hole
A 29-year-old woman was referred with blurred vision and flashes in her left eye.
Tags: blurred vision, flashes, acute multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, multiple evanescent white dot syndrome
A 22-year-old mother was referred after noticing new floaters in her right eye.
Tags: floaters, pregnancy, diabetic retinopathy, neovascularisation
A 54-year-old Caucasian female saw her optometrist complaining of bilateral flashes and floaters.
Tags: floaters, flashes, sarcoidosis, birdshot chorioretinopathy
A 13-year-old girl was referred with a three month history of seeing “black spots” in her left vision.
A 39-year-old man was referred with gradual loss of vision in both eyes noted over the last six months.
Tags: gradual loss of vision, yellow foveal spots, vitreomacular traction syndrome, alkyl nitrite popper retinopathy
A 28-year-old Asian male was referred by his optometrist after being hit in his right eye by a basketball.
Tags: trauma, retinal whitening, infective retinitis, commotio retinae
A 42-year-old Caucasian female was referred by her optometrist with a 1 week history of mildly reduced vision in her left eye.
Tags: reduced vision, branch retinal vein occlusion, macular oedema
A 21-year-old male was referred with acute bilateral loss of central vision.
Tags: bilateral vision loss, photophobia, acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, serpiginous choroiditis
A 76-year-old man was referred with acute painless visual loss in his right eye.
Tags: painless vision loss, central retinal vein occlusion, central retinal artery occlusion, anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
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