A 67-year-old man was referred to the cornea clinic with complaints of progressive vision decline, mild pain and tearing of the right eye.
He reported blurring of his vision that made it difficult to read and see a golf ball. Of note, the patient was walking his dogs in the woods 7 days before presentation when a tree branch snapped back and struck him in his right eye. He was evaluated by an outside ophthalmologist the day after the injury and was diagnosed with traumatic iritis, for which he was started on topical steroid eye drops.
His medical history was significant for colitis, currently