Cavernous Hemangioma
Chapter 129 Cavernous Hemangioma Anita Agarwal, Paul Sternberg, Jr. Introduction Cavernous hemangioma of the retina is a rare vascular hamartoma. The tumor is composed of clumps of dark intraretinal aneurysms…
Brachytherapy for Choroidal Melanoma
Chapter 145 Brachytherapy for Choroidal Melanoma Samuel K. Houston, H. Culver Boldt, Arnold M. Markoe, Timothy G. Murray Treatment of choroidal melanoma with brachytherapy – suturing a radiation source to…
Cell Biology of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Chapter 16 Cell Biology of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Gabriele Thumann, Guorui Dou, Yusheng Wang, David R. Hinton For additional online content visit http://www.expertconsult.com The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) forms…
Neuroprotection
Chapter 37 Neuroprotection Benedetto Falsini, Ronald A. Bush, Paul A. Sieving History and definitions The process of neuronal cell death following different types of injury involves apoptosis. Blocking the apoptotic…
Laser Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma
Chapter 148 Laser Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma Norbert Bornfeld Introduction Photocoagulation, as introduced by Meyer-Schwickerath in 1949,1 was among the first eye-salvaging treatment methods for choroidal melanomas and the first…
Eales Disease
Chapter 83 Eales Disease Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Dhananjay Shukla Introduction Eales disease is an idiopathic, occlusive perivasculitis affecting peripheral retina in young men, leading to retinal nonperfusion, new vessel formation, and…
Sympathetic Ophthalmia
Chapter 74 Sympathetic Ophthalmia Daniel Vítor Vasconcelos-Santos, Narsing A. Rao Introduction Sympathetic ophthalmia, also known as sympathetic ophthalmitis and sympathetic uveitis, is a rare bilateral diffuse granulomatous uveitis that occurs…
Rheumatic Disease
Chapter 80 Rheumatic Disease Alastair K. Denniston, Mary Gayed, David Carruthers, Caroline Gordon, Philip I. Murray Introduction Many rheumatic diseases have ocular and adnexal complications. These range from relatively mild…
Retina-Related Clinical Trials: A Resource Bibliography
Chapter 94 Retina-Related Clinical Trials A Resource Bibliography Barbara S. Hawkins, Usha Chakravarthy The subspecialty of Retina has probably seen some of the most innovative changes in the field of…
Molecular Genetics of Choroidal Melanoma
Chapter 141 Molecular Genetics of Choroidal Melanoma Akrit Sodhi, Shannath Merbs Introduction While uveal melanoma represents only 5% of all melanomas, it is the most common primary intraocular malignancy of…
