Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Chapter 72 Central Serous Chorioretinopathy David T. Liu, Andrew C. Fok, Waiman Chan, Timothy Y. Lai, Dennis S. Lam Introduction Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) was first described by Albrecht von…
Primary Vitrectomy in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Chapter 102 Primary Vitrectomy in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Young Hee Yoon, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hiroko Terasaki For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Introduction Currently, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) continues to be…
Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease
Chapter 34 Gene Therapy for Retinal Disease Jean Bennett, Albert M. Maguire For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com Background: preclinical gene therapy studies Gene therapy holds great promise for the…
Charged-Particle Irradiation of Uveal Melanoma
Chapter 146 Charged-Particle Irradiation of Uveal Melanoma Evangelos S. Gragoudas, Anne Marie Lane, Ivana K. Kim Introduction Radiotherapy is currently the most widely used method for treating intraocular melanomas, having…
Abnormalities of Cone and Rod Function
Chapter 44 Abnormalities of Cone and Rod Function David M. Wu, Amani A. Fawzi For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com This chapter will review a genetically heterogeneous group of retinal…
Melanocytoma of the Optic Disc
Chapter 135 Melanocytoma of the Optic Disc Jerry A. Shields, Leonard Joffe, Carol L. Shields General considerations Melanocytoma of the optic disc, a lesion best known to ophthalmologists, has received…
Choroidal Osteoma
Chapter 152 Choroidal Osteoma Carol L. Shields, Gary C. Brown, Sanjay Sharma, Jerry A. Shields General considerations The presence of bone within the eye is unusual and can develop in…
Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangioma
Chapter 153 Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangioma Shelley Day, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya Introduction Choroidal hemangiomas are benign vascular hamartomas which occur in two forms: circumscribed and diffuse. The circumscribed form is typically an…
Macular Telangiectasia
Chapter 55 Macular Telangiectasia Michael Engelbert, Emily Y. Chew, Lawrence A. Yannuzzi Introduction Macular telangiectasia (mac tel), or idiopathic perifoveal or juxtafoveal telangiectasia, includes several, different vascular diseases affecting the…
Cellular Effects of Detachment and Reattachment on the Neural Retina and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Chapter 29 Cellular Effects of Detachment and Reattachment on the Neural Retina and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Louisa Wickham, Geoffrey P. Lewis, David G. Charteris, Steven K. Fisher Introduction In…
