1st August 2023

A 52-year-old woman diagnosed with HIV presents to A&E with right-sided visual loss.

A 52-year-old woman diagnosed with HIV presents to A&E with right-sided visual loss. She started with blurred vision a couple of days ago, but this morning developed pain in her right eye, followed by a deterioration in her vision. She also describes having a right-sided “migraine”. Diagnosis is confirmed via fundoscopy.

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