A 38-year-old woman was referred to the retina service at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center’s department of ophthalmology by a retina specialist for temporal flashes and a stationary black spot in the left eye for 1.5 months.
She denied blurred or double vision, floaters, eye redness, pain with eye movements, or change in color vision. Review of systems was negative for recent travel, tick bites, skin rashes and cough and positive for joint pain in her fingers.
Her medical history included Bell’s palsy 8 years prior and gluten intolerance. (Read more...)