I am writing this on 21 March 2020, and I am pretty confident that by the time you read this that whatever I say will...
Over the past two years I have attended quite a number of medical educational seminars and ‘workshops’ and have been a bit shocked at how...
History A 92-year-old female patient was referred for a three-month history of a left conjunctival growth with ocular irritation. Her past medical history included: hypertension,...
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be...
In the first of the two articles (see Part 2 here) on paediatric cataracts, Samuel Aryee reviews the aetiology of this condition. Cataracts arise from...
An orthoptist report may well look like a piece of Japanese Shodo, however, it does in fact contain some extremely useful information. This piece will...
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: Can...
I appreciate that I keep on reiterating it, but again we see so much practice variance. Who is right and who is wrong? Is there...
One of the most fascinating aspects of being a consultant is seeing the workings of the machine that is medical training from the other side....
History A 69-year-old female patient was referred to the uveitis clinic from her local district general hospital with a left posterior uveitis which had been...
Patients can present to eye departments with various signs and symptoms (mostly symptoms) with no obvious organic cause. These patients can be labelled with any...
Abdus Samad Ansari highlights the importance of early recognition of this condition using an unusual presentation. Endophthalmitis is a medical emergency with devastating consequences. Despite...