Older man presents with headache, blurry vision and redness of right eye

A 73-year-old man presented to the emergency department at Tufts Medical Center as a referral from an outside ophthalmologist.
The patient began experiencing a right-sided headache approximately 5 days before presentation, which was diagnosed by an outside provider as a migraine. Over the next several days, the patient developed an erythematous rash over his right forehead and scalp that was associated with right eyelid swelling and blurry vision. He was evaluated at an urgent care facility, where he was noted to have corneal dendrites on exam. He was started on (Read more...)

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