Patient has floater in right eye, BRVO in left eye

From: Ophthalmology Times | Date: May 15, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

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A 52-year-old Hispanic female presented to the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute with the chief complaint of seeing a "cobweb" through the right eye. She had noticed this floater for approximately 2 months and denied flashes or a curtain of vision loss. Her ocular history was significant only for mild hyperopia. Review of symptoms was negative, and her medical history was remarkable for hypertension, for which she was taking ...

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