Clinical Cases in Uveitis

Punctate Inner Choroidopathy (PIC)

History of Present Illness A 39-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents to the eye clinic for the first time complaining of blurred central vision right eye (OD), with photopsias and a central blind spot (scotoma) of 1…

Sarcoidosis

History of Present Illness A 34-year-old African American female complains of decreasing vision in both eyes (OU) over the past year, with no previous history of ocular disease. She denies ocular redness, pain, or photophobia. However, she does complain of…

Multifocal Choroiditis with Panuveitis

History of Present Illness A 25-year-old woman with no past medical history and a long-standing history of myopia presents for the first time to the eye clinic complaining of distorted vision in her right eye (OD). She first noticed that…

Posterior Scleritis

History of Present Illness A 75-year-old female with past medical history significant for hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and a prior carotid endarterectomy of the left internal carotid presented with acute-onset blurry vision, tearing, eye pain, and redness of the right…

Eales Disease

History of Present Illness A 33-year-old male, born in Sri Lanka, who has lived in Switzerland since 2013, presents himself at the eye clinic complaining of vision loss for 4 months in his left eye (OS). He just returned from…

Intraocular Foreign Body and Uveitis

History of Present Illness “ CC: I think something is in my left eye!” A backyard gate was closed with a chain and lock. The combination to the lock was lost, and so a 54-year-old man used a hammer and…

Retinoblastoma

History of Present Illness A 13-year-old boy presented with a history of decreased vision and pain in the right eye (OD) for the past 2 months. He reported a history of blunt trauma to this eye around the time his…

Amyloidosis

History of Present Illness A 27-year-old woman complained of decreased vision in both eyes (OU) for the past 30 days, which was gradual in onset and painless. She has also had numbness and a tingling sensation in both feet for…

Lyme Disease

History of Present Illness A 28-year-old male presents with gradually worsening vision and floaters in both eyes (OU) for several weeks. There is mild redness, pain, and sensitivity to light. Past medical history is unremarkable except that he recently developed…