Man referred for sudden onset decline in vision in left eye

A 62-year-old white man was referred to the retina clinic for evaluation of rapid decreased vision of his left eye occurring 5 days before presentation.The patient reported noticing a dark area of his vision in his left eye while he was watching television. He denied any eye pain. A review of systems was negative for fevers, chills, weight loss, night sweats, jaw claudication, scalp tenderness, diplopia and myalgias. He was seen by an outside ophthalmologist who started him on oral prednisone and timolol in the left eye for reasons that (Read more...)

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