Whitcup and Nussenblatt’s Uveitis: Fundamentals and Clinical Practice

Description:


Comprehensive and readable, Whitcup and Nussenblatt's Uveitis, 5th Edition, covers every aspect of this complex subspecialty in a single convenient volume. This clinically relevant guide covers the medical, pharmacological, and surgical treatment of uveitis in a visually rich, full-color format, offering a complete overview for today’s clinicians. New and updated case studies, key points boxes, and more than 400 images and graphics highlight major clinical points and provide insight into real situations that you can apply in practice.

Table Of Contents:

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS

1. Elements of the Immune System and Concepts of Intraocular
   Inflammatory Disease Pathogenesis 1

PART 2: DIAGNOSIS

2. Medical History in the Patient with Uveitis
3. Examination of the Patient with Uveitis
4. Development of a Differential Diagnosis
5. Diagnostic Testing and Imaging
6. Optical Coherence Tomography in Uveitis
7. Evidence-Based Medicine in Uveitis

PART 3: MEDICAL THERAPY AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION

8. Approaches to Medical Therapy
9. Role of Surgery in the Patient with Uveitis

PART 4: INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

10. Bacterial and Fungal Diseases
11. Spirochetal Diseases
12. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
13. Acute Retinal Necrosis and Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis
14. Other Viral Diseases
15. Ocular Toxoplasmosis
16. Ocular Histoplasmosis
17. Ocular toxacariasis
18. Onchocerciasis and Other Parasitic Diseases
19. Postsurgical Uveitis

PART 5: NON INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

20. Anterior Uveitis
21. Scleritis
22. Intermediate Uveitis
23. Sarcoidosis
24. Sympathetic Ophthalmia
25. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
26. Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
27. Behçet’s Disease
28. Retinal Vasculitis
29. Serpiginous Choroidopathy
30. White-Dot Syndromes
31. Masquerade Syndromes