Acute Post –Cataract Surgery Vision Loss

A 78-year-old man with a medical history significant for hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with loss of vision in the left eye. The day before presentation, he began to experience blurry vision in the left eye that progressed to a full loss of vision, reporting at the time of presentation that he could only see lights and shapes. He was also experiencing mild pain in the left eye. The right eye was asymptomatic. The patient reported that had unilateral left eye cataract surgery 5  days before presentation to the emergency department.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine Source Type: research