Most recent by Alison Callahan, MD
Healthy 90-year-old woman presents with proptosis, diplopia
A 90-year-old woman was referred by her ophthalmologist to the emergency department at our institution following several weeks of discomfort and a “pinching” sensation in the left eye.
Man referred for ongoing discomfort in right eye
A 61-year-old man was referred to Tufts Medical Center for evaluation of discomfort in his right eye. He reported experiencing dull pain in the eye associated with redness and increased tearing for the past several months.
Older patient presents with hypermature cataract, angle-closure glaucoma
A 73-year-old white woman was referred to the retina service at the New England Eye Center for consideration of pars plana vitrectomy and lensectomy in the right eye for a hypermature cataract and angle-closure glaucoma.
Older woman presents with progressive diplopia, eye redness and proptosis
A 78-year-old woman was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology service at New England Eye Center for several months of progressive diplopia, bilateral eye redness and proptosis.
Teprotumumab used in patient with compressive optic neuropathy
A 65-year-old woman presented to the New England Eye Center with 4 weeks of decreased vision and 6 months of progressive ocular irritation, redness and retro-orbital pain in both eyes.
Young woman presents with painful ophthalmoplegia in left eye
A 20-year-old woman presented to Tufts New England Eye Center with 1 day of progressively worsening left eyelid swelling and pain with eye movement. Symptoms initially began 10 days before presentation with purulent nasal discharge, which was diagnosed by an outside hospital as viral sinusitis and treated with a short course of oral methylprednisolone and fluticasone nasal spray. Three days later, she developed tooth pain and dysphagia, followed by severe headaches, for which she returned to the emergency room. She was diagnosed with migraine headache exacerbation and discharged on a “migraine cocktail” consisting of sumatriptan, aspirin/acetaminophen/butalbital and verapamil. Her migraine symptoms never fully resolved, and she began to feel increasingly lethargic. The day before presentation, she developed fever, neck pain and left eye pain. Her left eye pain was worse with movement and associated with redness, photophobia and blurred vision. She also reported intermittent diplopia and inability to close the left eye fully.