Chemical Injuries of the Eye
Chemical Injuries of the Eye Robert A. Ralph Chemical injuries are among the most urgent of ocular emergencies, often resulting in a dramatic decrease in visual acuity or loss of…
Immunology of Uveitis
Immunology of Uveitis Hui Shao Deming Sun Shlomit Schaal Henry J. Kaplan Important advances have been made in understanding the immunopathologic basis of ocular diseases largely from developments in the…
Classification, Symptoms, and Signs of Uveitis
Classification, Symptoms, and Signs of Uveitis Debra A. Goldstein Sarju Patel Howard H. Tessler The term Uveitis is used to describe inflammation of the middle vascular tunic of the eye,…
Anatomy of the Uveal Tract
Anatomy of the Uveal Tract Dimple Modi Deepak P. Edward The uvea is derived from the Latin root, uva, meaning grape. The uveal tract consists of a pigmented, highly vascular…
Complications of Contact Lenses
Complications of Contact Lenses Erich B. Groos Jr. Bernard H. Chang Contact lenses are visual prostheses worn for the purpose of correcting refractive error. Most contact lenses are worn for…
Microbial Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis
Microbial Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis Michael T. Yen Seongmu Lee Preseptal cellulitis is the term used to describe eyelid infections anterior to the orbital septum. Orbital cellulitis is the term…
Antibiotic Therapy for Ocular Infection
Antibiotic Therapy for Ocular Infection Robert W. Snyder D. Snow Slade The appropriate use of antibiotics to treat ocular infection requires an understanding of the disease processes being treated and…
Diagnosis and Management of Fungal Keratitis
Diagnosis and Management of Fungal Keratitis Dan B. Jones Fungal keratitis is caused by invasion of the cornea by filamentous fungi, yeasts, and dimorphic fungi. The steps in management of…
Varicella and Herpes Zoster Ocular Disease
Varicella and Herpes Zoster Ocular Disease Vincent P. De Luise Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a herpesvirus (Herpesvirus varicellae, family Herpesviridae) that causes both the cutaneous exanthem varicella (chickenpox) in…
