Presentation of Case. Dr. Priya Srikanth (Neurology): A 31-year-old woman was evaluated in the emergency department of this hospital because of vision loss. Three weeks before presentation, blurry vision in the left eye developed gradually, with perception of distant objects most affected; the…

Presentation of Case. Dr. Chio Yokose (Medicine): A 58-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital for vision loss in the right eye, acute progressive vision loss in the left eye, headaches, and rashes. Four years before admission, a brown, nonpainful, nonpruritic, maculopapular rash developed on…

Presentation of Case. Dr. Mark A. Matza (Medicine): An 18-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of diplopia and proptosis of the left eye. The patient had been well until approximately 33 months before this evaluation, when eye pain and periorbital swelling developed on the right…

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Donna Strickland (currently at the University of Waterloo, Canada) and Gérard Mourou (now at École Polytechnique in France) for chirped-pulse amplification, an invention that enabled the development of powerful femtosecond lasers. These lasers have…

Presentation of Case. Dr. Seth N. Levin (Neurology): A 23-year-old right-handed woman with a history of migraines was evaluated at this hospital for vertigo and vision loss affecting the right eye. Six days before admission, a right frontal headache and right retro-orbital pain developed; these…