Retina Rounds
Edited by Christopher R. Fortenbach, MD, PhD
A missing link in the chain
The retina specialist may be the first to diagnose amyloidosis, a great masquerader that can be fatal.
More than meets the macula
When it’s not so easy to differentiate pentosan polysulfate toxicity from age-related macular degeneration.
Vanishing Vascular Tumors
The role of belzutifan for patients with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.
Three strikes of inflammation
A case of Susac syndrome.
A bump in the road of cancer remission
A case of immune checkpoint inhibitor uveitis in a woman on maintenance therapy for kidney cancer.
The patient with the puzzling plaques
The case for considering tuberculosis as an etiology in patients with posterior uveitis who have been to an endemic region.
Sympathetic to the cause
A long-ago ocular trauma caused a sympathetic panuveitis in the fellow eye.
Can we spare the OR?
A case and discussion of macular hole management with medical therapy.
Anticoagulation and a second RVO
Managing retinal vein occlusion in a patient with a history of thrombophilia.
A petal-shaped blind spot
A case of acute macular neuroretinopathy developed in the context of myelofibrosis.
A tale of two hydroxychloroquine patients
Two cases demonstrate the spectrum of retinal findings in HCQ retinal toxicity as well as the role of multifocal electroretinogram in detecting the condition.
A curious case of RAMA
An incidental exam finding upends a 70-year-old woman’s back pain management plan.
‘Twig’ occlusions among the branches
A unique finding of incidental retinal vein occlusion in a healthy patient with newly diagnosed age-related macular degeneration.
RD surgery in a COVID-19-positive patient
Routine repair of a retinal detachment becomes complex during a global pandemic.
A Coats of many colors
A case of unilateral xanthocoria with distinct central subretinal mass.
Melanoma? Or pseudomelanoma?
A patient develops two rare lesions in the same eye.
Maculopathy in the middle
This patient with migraines presents with an unusual cause of acute vision loss.
What Lurks Beneath the RPE
Are polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and exudative macular degeneration distinct entities?
Retinal Pathology with Glaucoma
Is macular schisis and serous retinal detachment a coincidence or contribution from the optic nerve head?
A Complicated, Recurrent RRD
How adding a scleral buckle corrected a complex proliferative vitreoretinopathy-related recurrent retinal detachment.
Getting Too Close to the Sun
This patient learned firsthand about the dangers of viewing the solar eclipse.
Don’t Miss the Disc
Clues to the etiology of a unilateral maculopathy are found beyond the retina.
Why Lesions and After-Image?
Concern for retinal tears in the fellow eye leads to a workup that goes in a different direction.
A Twist on Ocular Trauma
Long bone fracture leads to a curious retinopathy.
A Scotoma the Shape of Australia
Does this patient have a white dot syndrome?
Managing High-Risk Asymptomatic RRD
Navigating a management dilemma in this young surgeon who had LASIK.
TB or Not TB? That Is the Question
Did a complex interplay between TB and high myopia create a unique clinical entity?
Trouble With a Treated Tumor
The source of a scotoma came down to components of both differential diagnoses.
Which White Dot Syndrome Is It?
Vitritis and characteristic cream-colored lesions in both eyes provided valuable clues.
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