Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: The Headache That Quietly Takes the Visual Field
A young woman with daily headaches and a normal brain scan can still be days away from permanent...
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Optic Atrophy: The Pale Disc Is the Scar, Not the Diagnosis
A pale optic disc is not a diagnosis. It is the scar left behind by one, and the real work is...
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Corneal Abrasion: The Common Injury With Two Dangerous Mistakes
The most common eye injury in any emergency department is also one of the easiest to mismanage in...
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Anisocoria: Which Pupil Is the Abnormal One?
Two pupils of different sizes can mean nothing at all, or it can be the only visible sign of an...
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Penetrating Keratoplasty: When Full-Thickness Corneal Transplant Is Still the Answer
The cornea was the first human tissue ever transplanted successfully, and it remains the most...
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Congenital Cataract: The Operation Is Only the Beginning
In adult cataract surgery, delay costs a patient time. In congenital cataract, delay costs them...
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Esotropia: When Glasses Are the Cure and When They Are Not
A child whose eye turns inward is often brought in because of how it looks. The reason to act is...
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum: The Sticky Eye That Can Perforate a Cornea
A newborn with a sticky eye is usually a blocked tear duct. Occasionally it is an organism that...
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Primary Congenital Glaucoma: The Watering Baby Who Is Not Blocked
An infant who cries in bright light, waters constantly and screws their eyes shut is often assumed...
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Orbital Blowout Fracture: Which Ones Can Wait and Which Cannot
The orbital floor is designed to break. It gives way so that the pressure of a blow is dissipated...
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Blepharophimosis Syndrome: The Eyelid Finding That Predicts Ovarian Failure
A single gene, expressed in two seemingly unrelated organs, can link a childhood eyelid finding to...
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Persistent Fetal Vasculature: When the Eye’s Prenatal Blood Supply Doesn’t Disappear
Before the eye is even finished developing, it briefly runs its own internal blood supply — and...
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