A 74-year-old man was referred to the oculoplastic service at Tufts Medical Center/New England Eye Center for evaluation of a blind, painful right eye and consideration of enucleation.
The patient had a medical history of hypertension, diabetes and prostate cancer treated with radiation and an ocular history of retinal detachment in the right eye, primary open-angle glaucoma in the left eye and cataracts in both eyes. His surgical history was significant for possible glaucoma surgery in the right eye and scleral buckle in the right eye for his retinal detachment in 1996. Prior surgical records