Neuro-Ophthalmology Problem Solving. a Practical and User-Friendly Guide

About This Title

Based on their extensive teaching experience, and written for both residents in training and practicing clinicians, this new book offers a simplified yet comprehensive approach to central neuro-ophthalmologic problems faced in everyday practice.

The text covers major clinical problems and defines an inclusive, yet relatively brief, list of causes that can produce each problem. The authors avoid the standard decision-tree approach and, instead, define an easy-to-use and easy-to-learn “best fit” approach. The patient’s signs and symptoms are compared to those detailed for each of the possible causes for that particular major clinical problem.

Each of the chapters includes a list of Key Concepts, the development of An Approach To The Clinical Problem, a Pointers And Pitfalls section, a Glossary; and a Summary Of Take Home Messages.

The book and an accompanying DVD provide a profusely illustrated experience via color photographs, black and white neuroimaging studies,visual field studies, and explanatory diagrams, and, over forty videos.

Contents

• CHAPTERS
  • An Approach to Visual Field Interpretation
  • An Approach to Optic Nerve Disease
  • Unexplained Visual Loss
  • An Approach to Disc Edema
  • Ocular Motility: Some Basic Concepts
  • Neurologic Motility Patterns: An Overall Survey
  • Neurological Motility Patterns: A Cranial Nerve Focus
  • Performing the Motility Exam
  • A Brief Summary: Case Studies in Neuromotility Disorders
  • Nystagmus
  • Pupil Problems
• APPENDICES
  • Optic Nerve Diseases
  • Covert Retinal Disease
  • Optic Disc Anomalies
  • Gaze Paresis Overview
  • Saccadic Intrusions and Bobbing
  • Horner’s Pupil
  • Episodic Pupillary Mydriasis
  • The Pupil in Coma
• INDEX

About The Authors

• Jesse Halpern, M.D., Director, Section of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Departments of Ophthalmology,and Neurology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport.
• Steven B Flynn, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Service, Ophthalmology Department, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Monroe
• Scott Forman, M.D., Director, Section of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.

Audience

Primary Subject: Ophthalmology
Audience Level: Professional