title: A case of unilateral painful eye.
abstract: A 24 year old man presented with a painful eye that had been treated empirically with steroid drops. The case is presented to illustrate that before prescribing steroid eye drops, a definitive diagnosis must be reached and this often requires the services of an ophthalmologist.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male