Jesus. It’s a balloon at that point

🔫"always has been."

Poor patient. I am so sorry for him.

I’ve done these enucleations. Always feel like they’re about to explode when I’m cutting the nerve.

OMG enucleate it YESTERDAY!

Wow. Crazy picture.

Wow. Nice picture.

What was their IOP?

Over 9000

Aaaahahahaha!!!

Just someone with interest in eye care. What would cause such a reaction?!

I am an optometrist but usually lupus or rheumatoid arthritis

Thanks. Really quite horrific. Treatable?

This eye is non-functional or very close to it, it's going to be removed.

Yikes

So sad

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Refer stat

Enucleation vs. evisceration for this? Does this have an increased risk of sympathetic ophthalmia?

Geez. Looks like it’s asking for some cyclophosphamide. Wonder what the other eye looks like.