Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Selected Systemic Diseases (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Arévalo, J. Fernando

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the current information on retinal and choroidal manifestations of systemic diseases from leading experts in the field and is intended for ophthalmologists, retina specialists, uveitis and ocular oncology specialists. The topics discussed in this book are not all inclusive, but include retinal and choroidal manifestations of AIDS, diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN), posterior pole manifestations of cycticercosis, toxocariasis, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, viral diseases, fungal diseases, endogenous endophthalmitis, sarcoidosis, diabetic retinopathy, and many more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 539
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461436461
• Artikelnr.: 37784742

Autorenporträt

Dr. J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, FACS, is the author of Retinal Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography (Springer, 2009) and the served as Professor and Chairman of the Retina and Vitreous Service of Clinica Oftalmologica Centro Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela (1996-2011). He has held Retina and Vitreous Fellowships in Clinica Barraquer and Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional (Bogota, Colombia) as well as at the University of California San Diego with William Freeman, MD. He has also held the Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation Fellowship at the University of California San Diego with William Freeman, MD and the Ocular Oncology Fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital with Jerry Shields, MD. Dr. Arevalo was invited by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore to work as Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Retina Division of the King Khaled Eye Hospital (KKESH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a three year tenure starting on July 2011, followed by an appointment at the Wilmer Eye Institute starting July 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD.- Preface.- Contributors.- 1.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of HIV/AIDS.- 2.Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis (DUSN).- 3.Posterior Pole Manifestations of Cycticercosis.- 4.Posterior Pole Manifestations of Toxocariasis.- 5.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Tuberculosis.- 6.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Toxoplasmosis.- 7.Retinal and Choroidal Changes in Bartonellosis, Lyme Disease, and Syphilis.- 8.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Viral Diseases.- 9.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Fungal Diseases.- 10.Endogenous Endophthalmitis.- 11.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Sarcoidosis.- 12.Posterior Pole Manifestations of Behçet's disease.- 13.Intraocular Lymphoma.- 14.Choroidal and Retinal Metastasis.- 15.Autoimmune Retinopathy and Paraneoplastic Syndromes.- 16.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Diseases.- 17.Fundus Manifestations of the Oculoneurocutaneous Syndromes (Phakomatoses).- 18.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).- 19.Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease.- 20.Retinal Detachment and Lens Subluxation in Marfan Syndrome.- 21.Diabetic Retinopathy.- 22.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Systemic Hypertension.- 23.Posterior Pole Manifestations of Hematologic Diseases.- 24.The Ocular Ischemic Syndrome.- 25.Ocular Manifestations of Pregnancy.- 26.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Systemic Medications.- 27.Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Renal Diseases.

Rezensionen

"Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Selected Systemic Diseases is a well-written and admirably well illustrated textbook. ... The chapters are well referenced and the information is up to date, clinically relevant, and presented in a clear manner. ... Retinal and Choroidal Manifestations of Selected Systemic Diseases could be used as a reference book ... . The editor should be congratulated for producing a readable, highly informative, and clinically useful text." (Petros E. Carvounis, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Vol. 253, 2015)