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A 56-year-old man with a unilateral central scotoma
Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2021
Volume 27, Number 3
September 27, 2021
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Khushali Shah, BA | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida Benjamin J. Fowler, MD, PhD | Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida Benjamin Lin, MD | Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida Kara M. Cavuoto, MD | Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Jayanth Sridhar, MD | Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
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