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Andreas94

Optometrist

Case Description

What a great end to a day's work. Northern European man in his early 50s. Booked a routine exam by request of his wife; he said he got a shadow in his left eye about a month ago. It follows his gaze in the lower part of his visual field. Keeps growing and changing shape. He did not really think much of it.

Diagnosis: Obvious superior temporal amotio retinae.

BCVA: 0.8 on left eye; right eye normal.

Emergency referral and rushed to eye hospital as there still is a chance of saving the macula.

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