Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology: Retinal Tumors

✍ Scribed by Ehud Reich MD, Caroline Thaung FRCOphth, FRCPath, DPhil (auth.), Arun D. Singh, Bertil Damato (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 159
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by internationally renowned experts, Clinical Ophthalmic Oncology provides practical guidance and advice on the diagnosis and management of the complete range of ocular cancers. The book supplies all of the state-of-the-art knowledge required in order to identify these cancers early and to treat them as effectively as possible. Using the information provided, readers will be able to provide effective patient care using the latest knowledge on all aspects of ophthalmic oncology, to verify diagnostic conclusions based on comparison with numerous full-color clinical photographs, and to locate required information quickly owing to the clinically focused and user-friendly format. In this volume guidance is provided on diagnosis and therapy for retinal tumors including vitreoretinal lymphoma and paraneoplastic disorders.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Classification of Retinal and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Tumors....Pages 1-3
Coats’ Disease....Pages 5-16
Retinal Vascular Tumors....Pages 17-34
Retinal Astrocytic Tumors....Pages 35-44
Retinal Pigment Epithelial Tumors....Pages 45-61
Tumors of the Ciliary Epithelium....Pages 63-73
Primary Central Nervous System and Retinal Lymphoma....Pages 75-90
Retinal Metastatic Tumors....Pages 91-102
Neuro-oculocutaneous Syndromes (Phakomatoses)....Pages 103-132
Ocular Paraneoplastic Diseases....Pages 133-152

✦ Subjects

Ophthalmology; Oncology