A 78-year-old man was referred to Tufts Medical Center Cornea Clinic from an outside ophthalmologist for a conjunctival lesion of the right eye.
The patient first noted the lesion 4 months before presentation and stated it had gradually been enlarging in size. He denied eye pain but stated he had ocular surface irritation and now, due to the size, the lesion blocked part of his temporal visual field. He was seen by his general ophthalmologist who started him on topical ofloxacin, prednisolone acetate and neomycin-polymyxin-dexamethasone ointment four times daily. The (Read more...)