A 17-year-old male presented with a red left eye. He says that he began having pain, redness, and irritation last night and upon waking up today, the symptoms were much more severe. At first the discharge was scant, but over the course of the day it worsened such that he has to continually wipe away ‘thick, green’ material. Examination Visual acuities are 6/6 in the right eye vs. 6/15 in the left eye. The right eye is not injected and normal on slit lamp examination.
On examination of the left eye, there is severe injection and bogginess of the conjunctiva 360 degrees with abundant mucopurulent discharge. Peripheral corneal infiltrates and a 1+ cell reaction is also present. There is an enlarged preauricular lymph node on the left side. What is the most likely diagnosis? *This case is from Docplexus Editorial Team for educative purpose only Source: MedPage Today The answer is posted…
