Case Presentation

Case Presentation

SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY VOLUME 56  NUMBER 6  NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2011 TIME OPH MICHAEL F. MARMOR, EDITOR Case Presentation Sheridan Malaprop, MD De...

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SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

VOLUME 56  NUMBER 6  NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2011

TIME OPH MICHAEL F. MARMOR, EDITOR

Case Presentation Sheridan Malaprop, MD Department of Ophthalmometry, Harvard Universally, Boston, Massachusetts

The patient is a 65-year-old philosopher of cymbalism whose chief constraint was blurred vision and flotillas in the right eye. He was in good generic health and exorcised regularly. His visible acuity measured 20/100 OD and 20/20 OS. The ulterior segment exam showed normal eye movements and papillary reactions. The corneas were clear and intra-articular pressure was 17 mm Hg in each eye. The lenses showed mild nuclear scleritis, but there was no subscapular cataract. The initial concern was for some type of age-berated macular regeneration.

video-retinal surgery. The medical team cleared him for paresthesia after osculating the heart, and a membrane-stippling procedure was done without incidence using BSS irritation to keep the cornea clear. Vision recovered to 20/25 co-operatively, and he was pleased, but he noted a difference in color recrimination. The case is prevented for the purpose of discission: which came first, the contusion of colors, or the pealing of the membrane?

Careful exam of the retina, including incorrect ophthalmoscopy, showed only some mild geologic atrophy and a hint of surface wringing. Ocular cohesion topography showed the clear presence of an eco-retinal membrane on the right, disporting his foveal impression. Thus, he was scheduled for

Transmitted by: —Michael F. Marmor, MD Stanford University, California

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