A 7-year-old girl presented to the pediatric ophthalmology clinic complaining of blurry vision in both eyes. She reported that her blurry vision started approximately a year ago and was worse at ...

The correct diagnosis of anterior optic neuritis was made based on the correlation of onset of decreased vision, pain on EOM testing, presence of an APD, decreased color vision and red desaturation, ...

A 23-year-old female preschool teacher was referred to the New England Eye Center by an outside ophthalmologist for evaluation of a new inferior visual field defect of the left eye. Over the preceding ...

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the factors associated with development of parafoveal scotoma in early myopic normal tension glaucoma (NTG). A retrospective analysis was performed on 99 eyes ...

Optic disc hypoplasia is characterized by a small optic disc. There may be abnormal branching of the retinal vessels. This patient's optic discs were normal in size. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy ...

Drusen are small yellow deposits of fatty proteins (lipids) that accumulate under the retina. Some types of drusen are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The retina is a thin ...

Why has this 72-year-old woman with a history of kidney disease developed visual changes that affect only her left eye? When the patient presented for an eye exam, M. Tariq Bhatti, MD, and colleagues ...

The optic disc, also known as the optic nerve head, forms a slightly raised spot on the nasal side of the retina. Here, there are no photoreceptors, hence it is known as the blind spot of the eye. The ...