Is vision loss untreatable? The M.D. referred the patient when an injection failed to resolve blurred vision and metamorphopsia in her left eye.(idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis)(Disease/Disorder overview)

Review of Optometry, May, 2006 by Dunbar, Mark T.

A 65-year-old Hispanic female was referred by her ophthalmologist for evaluation of decreased vision in her left eye. Her symptoms consisted of blurry vision and metamorphopsia in the left eye for the past 10 months.

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Her medical history was significant for hypertension, arthritis, high cholesterol, heart disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Her last glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb[A.sub.1C]) was 6.1%.

The referring doctor had administered an injection in the left eye to improve her vision, but the patient said it did not help.

Best-corrected visual acuity at this visit was 20/20 O.D. and 20/40 O.S. Confrontation fields were full to finger counting O.U. Amsler grid was normal in the right...

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