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…
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…
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…
Chapter 70 Ocular Histoplasmosis Justis P. Ehlers, Barbara S. Hawkins, Andrew P. Schachat Historical perspective In 1942 Reid provided the first description of histoplasmosis-associated ophthalmic abnormalities from a patient with…
Chapter 78 Sarcoidosis Yasir Jamal Sepah, Douglas A. Jabs, Quan Dong Nguyen Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology characterized by intrathoracic involvement. The disease was first described…
Chapter 41 Hereditary Vitreoretinal Degenerations Shibo Tang, Xiaoyan Ding, Yan Luo Hereditary vitreoretinal degeneration, also known as hereditary vitreoretinopathy, is classically characterized by early-onset cataracts, vitreous anomalies, coarse fibrils and…
Chapter 131 Tuberous Sclerosis and the Eye Alan F. Cruess, Sanjay Sharma Introduction History, diagnosis, and genetic basis Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare multisystem genetic disorder, characterized by…
Chapter 130 Capillary Hemangioblastoma of the Retina and von Hippel–Lindau Disease Emily Y. Chew, Andrew P. Schachat Introduction Retinal capillary hemangioblastomas (also referred to as retinal angiomas) are typically a…
Chapter 132 Phakomatoses Carol L. Shields, Jerry A. Shields Introduction The phakomatoses are a group of syndromes characterized by systemic hamartomas of the eye, brain, skin, and sometimes the viscera…
Chapter 38 Drug Delivery Erin B. Lavik, Baruch D. Kuppermann, Mark S. Humayun Introduction Drug delivery has the potential to have a tremendous impact on treatment of retinal diseases. There…
