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A 71-year-old woman with decreased vision, nyctalopia, and peripheral vision loss Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2016 Volume 22, Number 4 December 31, 2016 DOI: 10.5693/djo.02.2016.06.001	Printer Friendly Download PDF

Ravi Parikh, MD, MPH \| Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Miguel A. Materin, MD \| Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Smilow Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital Robert Lesser MD \| Eye Care Group, New Haven, Connecticut Joachim Baehring, MD, PhD \| Smilow Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital; Department of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Mario Sznol, MD \| Smilow Hospital at Yale New Haven Hospital; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Jennifer A. Galvin MD \| Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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History
A 71-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, for an evaluation of decreased vision, worsening night vision, and peripheral vision loss in the left eye of 3 months’ duration. She had a history of right ductal breast carcinoma in 1993 that was treated with a lumpectomy and radiation, with no known metastases. She also had a stage II-A melanoma of the left arm excised in 2011, gout, and hypertension. She denied flashes, floaters, or eye pain and had no history of eye surgery or eye trauma. Family history of eye disease was noncontributory.
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