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November 14, 2024
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Implications of Diagnostic Error in Ocular Surface Disease: The Role of Anchoring and Ambiguous Diagnostic Terminology

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 14, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4867

This Viewpoint addresses the high rate of incorrect ophthalmological diagnoses and harm experienced by patients and examines causes.

Original Investigation

Performance of Polygenic Risk Scores for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in Populations of African Descent

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 14, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4784

This cross-sectional study investigates how published polygenic risk scores for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) perform in groups with African ancestry compared with European ancestry.

Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability and Visual Field Progression in Glaucoma

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 14, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4868

This cohort study assesses the association between variability in blood pressure and visual field progression in patients with suspected or confirmed glaucoma.

JAMA Ophthalmology Clinical Challenge

Viral Meningoencephalitis and Bilateral Blurry Vision

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 14, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4877

A 20-year-old Chinese woman was experiencing fever, malaise, headache, nausea, vomiting, and neck stiffness for 2 weeks. Further examination revealed inflammation, vitritis and cystoid macular edema, tortuous dilatation of retinal venous vessels with fluorescence leakage, and hyperfluorescence in the optic disc. What would you do next?

Observation

Negative Treponemal Serologies in Syphilitic Panuveitis

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 14, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4783

This case report describes an HIV-positive patient with bilateral syphilitic panuveitis, for whom diagnosis was initially delayed by negative treponemal testing.

November 7, 2024
Original Investigation

Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Polygenic Risk Score and Risk of Disease Onset: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 7, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4376

This post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial evaluates the use of a primary open-angle glaucoma polygenic risk score in identifying individuals with ocular hypertensive at low risk of disease onset.

Racial Disparities in Genetic Detection Rates for Inherited Retinal Diseases

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 7, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4696

This study investigates the genetic detection rates of wide-panel testing in Black and non-Hispanic White patients with IRDs.

JAMA Ophthalmology Clinical Challenge

Bilateral Perifoveal Atrophy in a 46-Year-Old Woman

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JAMA Ophthalmol. Published online November 7, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2024.4652

A 46-year-old woman is referred for a second opinion with recent onset of suspected seizures and imbalance. Fundus examination revealed bilateral discrete perifoveal circular areas of atrophy. What would you do next?

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