


Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis
Foster, C. — Vitale, A.
2ª Edición Abril 2013
Inglés
Tapa dura
1200 pags
3635 gr
22 x 28 x 5 cm
ISBN 9789350255728
Editorial Jaypee-Highlights
Recíbelo en un plazo De 2 a 3 semanas
Description
Uveitis is inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, which is known as the
uvea or uveal tract. It is a complex condition with a variety of causes and
clinical manifestations, including injury, infection or an underlying condition.
This 1200pp second edition brings ophthalmologists fully up to date with the
latest developments in diagnosing and treating uveitis. Beginning with the basic
principles of the disease, its diagnosis and management, the following sections
discuss the treatment of numerous different infectious, non infectious, masquerade
and autoimmune syndromes. Basic science, differential diagnosis, pathology and
clinical management are discussed for each condition.
Written by specialists from the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution
(MERSI) and John A Moran Eye Center in the USA, this comprehensive new edition
includes 699 colour images and illustrations.
Key points:
- Comprehensive, second edition bringing ophthalmologists fully up to date with diagnosis and treatment of uveitis
- Discusses different uveitis syndromes – infectious, non infectious, masquerade and autoimmune
- Authored by US ophthalmic specialists
- First edition published in 2001 by Saunders
Table of contents
Section 1: Basic Principles
Introduction • The Uvea: Anatomy, Histology and Embryology • Definition,
Classification, Etiology and Epidemiology • General Principles and Philosophy
Section 2: Principles of Diagnosis and Therapy
Diagnosis of Uveitis • Imaging Studies for Uveitis • Treatment of
Uveitis—Overview • Corticosteroids • Mydriatic and Cycloplegic
Agents • Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs • Immunosuppressive
Chemotherapy • Diagnostic Surgery • Therapeutic Vitreoretinal Surgery
• Clinical Trials and Evidencebased Medicine in the Medical Management
of Uveitis
Section 3: The Uveitis Syndromes— Infectious
Syphilis • Borreliosis • Bartonella • Tuberculosis •
Leptospirosis • Brucellosis • Ocular Whipple’s Disease •
Rickettsial Diseases • Ocular Leprosy • Herpes viruses • Emergent
Viral Infections • Rift Valley Fever • Measles • Rubella •
Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome • Candidiasis • Coccidioidomycosis
• Cryptococcosis • Sporotrichosis • Toxoplasmosis •
Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Infections • Free-living Amebas and Amebiasis
• Giardia Lamblia • Trypanosomiasis • Pneumocystosis •
Ocular Toxocariasis • Ascariasis • Onchocerciasis • Loiasis
• Cysticercosis • Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis •
Schistosomiasis • Ophthalmomyiasis • Ophthalmia Nodosa • Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Associated Uveitis
Section 4: The Uveitis Syndromes— Masquerade Syndromes
Masquerade Syndromes: Malignancies • Masquerade Syndromes: Endophthalmitis
• Nonmalignant, Noninfectious Masquerade Syndromes
Section 5: The Uveitis Syndromes— Autoimmune
Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus •
Scleroderma • Giant Cell Arteritis • Adamantiades-Behçet’s
Disease • Polyarteritis Nodosa • Granulomatosis with Polyangitis
(Wegener) (GPA) • Polychondritis • Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis
• Diagnostic Criteria for Multiple Sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald
Criteria • Sarcoidosis • Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis
Syndrome • Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy • Sympathetic Ophthalmia
• Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease • Multifocal Choroiditis and Panuveitis
• Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome • Acute Posterior Multifocal
Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy • Acute Retinal Pigment Epitheliitis •
Serpiginous Choroiditis • Subretinal Fibrosis and Uveitis Syndrome •
Punctate Inner Choroiditis:Diagnosis and Management • Acute Zonal Occult
Outer Retinopathy • Lens-Induced Uveitis • Retinal Vasculitis •
Intermediate Uveitis
Section 6: Other
Medication-Induced Uveitis • Pediatric Uveitis • Pregnancy and Uveitis
• Traumatic Uveitis
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