Author: Tay Xue Chao Brian Diaz / Editor: Thomas MacMahon / Reviewer: Anoop Chidambaram / Codes: OptC1, OptP3, OptP4, OptP5, SLO1 / Published: 09/12/2023
Your next patient is a 60-year-old lady presenting with rapid onset severe unilateral eye pain, blurry vision, and headache. She also describes seeing rainbow-coloured halos around bright lights. Just as you are about to commence your examination, she vomits on the floor and apologises profusely as soon as she catches her breath.
While reassuring her, you observe her affected eye and make a spot diagnosis.

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What is the diagnosis?
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What abnormalities on clinical examination (seen in the photo) would support your diagnosis? (Select all that apply)
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Recognising that this is an ophthalmological emergency, you swiftly pick up the phone and refer her to the on-call ophthalmology team.
In the interim, which treatment is contraindicated?
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true ophthalmic emergency, enjoyed reading
A not to miss diagnosis.
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