The patient is a young black man who seems pleasant, but a little "off." He has a few complaints regarding this or that, and then states that he can't see out of his left eye. Without asking any further history, I immediately grab the ophthalmoscope and dive right in, checking the good eye first, and then moving over to the problem eye. I can't see anything going on in there. No bleeding. No signs of infection. No reflex of light coming back at me. Hmmm.
"Is this a glass eye," I ask.
"Yeah." I got shot through the eye a while back," he answers.
Oooh snap! I feel dumb.
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Hey Fred- just got wind of your blog from Chip. Like it so far. :) It is like watching a preview for a movie you about to see....in about five weeks.
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