Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Human Retina
Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Human Retina Ann H. Milam Julie E. Smith Sinoj K. John The term retina derives from the Latin word rete, meaning “net.” This name…
Molecular Physiology and Pathology of the Retina
Molecular Physiology and Pathology of the Retina Stephen H. Tsang Peter Gouras We have made great progress over the past decade in understanding both the mechanism of phototransduction and the…
Orbital Fractures
Orbital Fractures Grant D. Gilliland Dale R. Meyer Fractures of the orbit are seen in a significant number of patients who have blunt trauma to the face and skull. The…
Secondary Orbital Tumors
Secondary Orbital Tumors Jill S. Melicher Larson Yian Jin Jones Jeffrey A. Nerad Secondary orbital tumors extend to the orbit from adjacent and contiguous structures, such as the periorbital sinuses,…
Tumors Metastatic to the Orbit in Adults
Tumors Metastatic to the Orbit in Adults Ira Vidor Jennifer A. Sivak-Callcott Jeffrey Hogg H. James Williams Definition, Prevalence, Etiology This chapter discusses lesions that spread to the orbit from…
Primary Bone Tumors of the Orbit
Primary Bone Tumors of the Orbit Dinesh Selva Jack Rootman Valerie A. White Igal Leibovitch Primary orbital bone tumors make up 0.6% to 2% of all tumors of the orbit.1,2,3…
Optic Pathway Gliomas
Optic Pathway Gliomas Adam S. Hassan Victor Elner First described by Scarpa in 1816,1 optic pathway gliomas are astrocytic neoplasms of the optic nerve, chiasm, tracts, and radiations. There are…
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma Geoffrey E. Bradford David A. Kostick First reported by Weber1 in 1854, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a heterogeneous group of soft tissue malignancies that arise from undifferentiated or pluripotential mesenchymal…
Neurogenic Tumors of the Orbit
Neurogenic Tumors of the Orbit Thomas C. Cannon Keith D. Carter Harry H. Brown The orbit contains two types of nerves: the optic nerve (a tract of the central nervous…
