A 59-year-old black female presents to the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of left sided headache and blurry vision. She has a history of thyroid eye disease and hypertension and she smokes 1 pack of cigarettes a day. Her exam seemed normal to the treating physician and she was discharged home. The next day … Read more
A 30-year-old male suffered head trauma in a motor vehicle accident resulting in the loss of consciousness. Upon awakening he complained of double vision with the images tilted. With his chin down and looking up he could avoid the double vision. The remainder of the eye examination was unremarkable until the retina was examined.
More and more children are being diagnosed with Amblyopia earlier in life due to increased awareness, improved access to eye care, and school vision screening programs. This emphasizes the need for Optometrists as primary eye care practitioners to be equipped with the knowledge and skill set to be able to appropriately diagnose Amblyopia, manage and … Read more
Recent publications have changed the management of several neuro-ophthalmic conditions. Topics will include optic neuritis and NMO, MOG, diagnostic evaluation of transient visual loss due to retinal arterial insufficiency, CRAO and BRAO and management of NAION. Lecturer: Dr. Karl Golnik, Neuro-ophthalmologist, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Transcript DR GOLNIK: Greetings. This is Dr. Karl Golnik. … Read more
A 26-year-old presents with a slight right head tilt, small “V” pattern, overaction of the right inferior oblique, underaction of the right superior oblique, and a small angle esotropia. She has 20/20 (6/6) vision in each eye. There is a history of two prior eye muscle surgeries done before age 10 but no details are … Read more
Most health practitioners when they are confronted with children who have varying degrees of birth asphyxia or any condition leading to neonatal or infantile brain hypoxia or ischemia usually don’t know what to do as each child present with different degrees of damage which make the management onerous. Prof. Dutton explains what each part of … Read more
The objectives of this lecture are: • To distinguish the different types of DVD and pick the correct surgical approach • To determine the correct amount of surgery to perform for IV nerve palsy Lecture Location: on-board the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, Accra, Ghana Lecturer: Dr. Harry O’Halloran, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, USA Transcript … Read more
The causes of an abnormal head posture are myriad and can be quite difficult to understand. The many causes will be carefully explained in an easy to understand way by a leading and highly experienced pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr. Lionel Kowal. Lecturer: Dr. Lionel Kowal, University of Melbourne, Australia Panelist: Adedayo Adio FWACS, Consultant Pediatric Ophthalmologist … Read more
A 25-year-old Caucasian female is sent to you for evaluation because of a “funny looking” optic nerve.