Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by U. Schiefer, H. Wilhelm (auth.), Professor Dr. Ulrich Schiefer, Professor Dr. Helmut Wilhelm, Professor Dr. William Hart (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology is a challenge for residents and experienced clinicians alike. This book covers all relevant techniques of diagnosis as well as interpretations of clinical signs. All information is highly structured, highlighting ‘definition’, ‘note’ and ‘pearl’, so that it can also be used by the physician during the patient encounter. The included flow chart posters remind the physician of the most important information.

This unique and practical guide offers invaluable and practical advice for physicians treating patients with neuro-ophthalmic problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
The Initial Encounter: Taking a History and Recognition of Neuro-Ophthalmic Emergencies....Pages 1-4
Visual Loss of Uncertain Origin: Diagnostic Strategies....Pages 5-17
Functional Anatomy of the Human Visual Pathway....Pages 19-28
Perimetry....Pages 29-53
Diagnosis of Pupillary Disorders....Pages 55-69
Dyschromatopsias Associated with Neuro-Ophthalmic Disease....Pages 71-85
Electrophysiology....Pages 87-99
Optic Disc Signs and Optic Neuropathies....Pages 101-125
Neuro-Ophthalmic Aspects of Orbital Disease....Pages 127-136
Infranuclear Disorders of Ocular Motility....Pages 137-154
Supranuclear Disorders of Ocular Motility....Pages 155-170
Brain Tumors Relevant to Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology....Pages 171-183
Central Disturbances of Vision....Pages 185-194
Transient Visual Loss....Pages 195-201
Functional Visual Loss and Malingering....Pages 203-214
Headache from a Neuro-Ophthalmic Point of View....Pages 215-222
Drug-Induced and Toxic Disorders in Neuro-Ophthalmology....Pages 223-232
Hereditary Disorders of Neuro-Ophthalmic Relevance....Pages 233-243
Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology....Pages 245-259
Neuroradiologic Imaging....Pages 261-270
Neurology....Pages 271-284
Neurosurgery of the Visual Pathway....Pages 285-299
Radiotherapy for Tumors of the Anterior Visual Pathway....Pages 301-302
Reading Disorders....Pages 303-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-319

✦ Subjects

Ophthalmology; Neurology; Emergency Medicine; General Practice / Family Medicine