Both eyes suddenly blood red
Clinical history
- Laterality
- Both
- Urgency
- Routine
A 40-year-old during a local outbreak with sudden bilateral pain, tearing and swelling; both eyes turned dark red overnight.
- Examination
- Both eyes injected with chemosis, subconjunctival haemorrhages, lid oedema, watery discharge, a preauricular node.
Presentation typical of this diagnosis, written for teaching. The source dataset provides the image and its label only, with no accompanying clinical record.
The study opens when you begin.
Read the history first and decide what you expect to find. Committing to an expectation before you look is most of what separates interpreting from noticing.
Step 1 of 3 · Read the history
Study: External photograph
Describe the abnormality and give the most likely diagnosis. You will locate the finding first; the answer options stay hidden until you have.