UNIVERSITY OPHTHALMOLOGY CONSULTANTS

 

CASE OF THE MONTH

CASE #25

 

 
OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAMINATION
External Eye Examination   EXTERNAL VIEW OD
   
 
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  No lid edema OU
   
Visual Acuity  OD: 20/400
 OS: 20/20
 • No improvement to pinhole OU
   
Extraocular Motility  Full (pupils were previously dilated by ophthalmologist)
   
Pupil Examination  Pupils were dilated by non-affiliated ophthalmologist
   
Intraocular pressure with applanation tonometry  OU: 20 mm Hg
   
Confrontation Visual Fields  Full to finger counting OU
   
Slit Lamp Examination

 OD
 
• Normal eyelids, lacrimal glands, and lashes
 • Trace temporal conjunctival hyperemia
 • Clear and smooth cornea
 • 1-2+ cell and flare in the anterior chamber
 • Trace pigment on anterior capsule
 • Clear lens
 • 2-3+ vitreous cells
 • Presence of a nematode, measuring approximately 0.5 x 4  mm, in the anterior vitreous cavity

 
 OS:
Unremarkable

   
Fundus Examination

 OD
 • 2-3+ vitritis was noted
 • An intraocular parasite with columnated blood, reddish,  approximately 0.5 x 4 mm in size, was noted floating in the  anterior vitreous.
 • The optic nerve was pink and sharp with a cup-to-disc ratio
 of 0.2.
 • Presence of a 1.5 DD area of preretinal/retinal fibrosis  involving the maculo-papillary bundle. Retinal striae are visible  due to vitreous traction in this area.
  • An area of chorio-retinal atrophy measuring about 3/4 DD  was noted temporally along the superior arcade.

 
 OS
 • Clear vitreous
 • The disc was pink and sharp with a cup-to-disc ratio of 0.2.
 • Normal fundus

 

Results of lab workup
       
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