Category: Featured Article
Case Report: Genetically Confirmed Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy and Butterfly Pattern Dystrophy in the Same Family
by Zachary Turple, OD, MSc, FAAO and Sherry J. Bass, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO | Feb 20, 2026 | Featured Article, Retina, Volume 4, Issue 1
Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD) is a relatively common inherited retinal disease caused by one of hundreds of known mutations in the…
Read MoreAlice in Wonderland Syndrome in a Young Woman with past TBI
by Marlin John O.D. | Nov 11, 2025 | Featured Article, Neuro, Volume 3, Issue 4
Alice-in-Wonderland Syndrome” (AIWS) can result in macropsia, micropsia, pelopsia, telopsia or a combination of factors. Patients with a history of…
Read MoreGuess the Disease: When the Great Masquerader Unveils Its Disguise
by Shelly Kim, OD, FAAO | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured Article, Guess the Disease, Retina, Systemic Disease, Volume 3, Issue 1
A 49-year-old white man presented to the eye clinic due to sudden-onset scotoma in the right eye. The scotoma was inferior to fixation. He noticed it…
Read MoreDiplopia Detective
by Emily R. Carr, OD, FAAO and Shale Beharie, OD | Nov 17, 2024 | Diplopia Detective, Featured Article, Neuro, Volume 2, Issue 4
Welcome to the Journal of Medical Optometry’s Diplopia Detective, a series where we discuss interesting cases of diplopia using both a thoughtful…
Read MoreBlurred Margins: An Account of Optic Neuritis in the USSR
by Kent Van Zant | Aug 8, 2024 | Featured Article, Neuro, Optic Nerve, Volume 2, Issue 3
Here, we have a patient’s perspective of optic neuritis⎼which is unique enough in itself to bear further inspection. But because the narrative is by an American paleontologist in Soviet Georgia,
Read MoreCharles Bonnet Syndrome Precipitated by Brimonidine Tartrate
by Shelly Kim, OD, FAAO | Feb 22, 2024 | Featured Article, Glaucoma, Neuro, Systemic Disease, Volume 2, Issue 1
Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) induced by brimonidine tartrate ophthalmic solution has rarely been reported. CBS is a condition characterized by visual hallucinations in patients with vision loss and clear cognition. This condition is more prevalent in the elderly population, between the ages of 75 and 84 years old.
Read MoreA Surprise Diagnosis from a Unilateral Hearing Loss and Vertigo Case from Cerebellopontine Angle Tumor
by Thanh T. Le OD, MPH, FAAO and Dipti Singh, OD, MPH, FAAO, ABCMO | Nov 29, 2023 | Featured Article, Neuro, Volume 1, Issue 3
Cerebellar pontine angle meningioma is rare in ophthalmic practices because it has a variety of nonspecific symptoms that can be misleading…
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