FELIPE PEREIRA » Miscellaneous

Nov 1 2017 by FELIPE PEREIRA

40-year-old patient presented with sudden and painless visual acuity loss for 1 day. His initial visual acuity was hand motion. There was positive epidemiology for cat-scratch disease and other serologies tests were negative. Treatment was initiated with 200 mg/day of Doxycycline for 21 days plus oral prednisone 1mg/kg tapered in 4 weeks. The patient presented a favorable evolution with reduction of the peripapillary granuloma and improvement of visual acuity to 20/25.

Photographer: Felipe Pereira

Imaging device: Triton, Topcon

Condition/keywords: neuroretinitis, ocular bartonellosis

Dec 22 2018 by FELIPE PEREIRA

Fundus photograph of a 16-year-old boy with sticker syndrome after 6 months of a complex retinal detachment repair with PPV. The patient developed an epiretinal membranae temporal to the fovea causing severe traction.

Photographer: Felipe Pereira

Imaging device: Vizucan, Zeiss

Condition/keywords: epiretinal membrane (ERM), macular pucker, Stickler Syndrome

Dec 22 2018 by FELIPE PEREIRA

25-year-old male patient with acute and painless vision loss of left eye. The fundus examination demonstrate optic disc swelling, venous tortuosity, diffuse intraretinal hemorrhage and severe macular edema. There is also extensive exudative retinal detachment with lipid deposits in the posterior pole, mainly around the vessels. The systemic work up was negative, including serologies, rheumatologic and hematological markers and cholesterol and triglycerides within normal limits.

Photographer: Felipe Pereira

Imaging device: Vizucan, Zeiss

Condition/keywords: central vein occlusion, ischemic CRVO