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Woman referred for acute flashing lights and visual distortion
A 47-year-old Caucasian woman with no significant medical or ocular history was referred to the Lahey Eye Clinic with complaints of flashes of light in the periphery of her right eye. Three weeks before presentation, she noted the flashes only at night but denied any floaters, curtain or veil in her vision or acute loss of vision. She originally went to see an outside optometrist who noted possible “swelling of the right nerve.” She was told to come back in a few days for re-evaluation. At the second appointment, the (Read more...)