Optic Nerve Disorders

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen ANATOMY OF THE OPTIC NERVE Intraocular course Intraorbital course Intracanalicular course Intracranial course CLINICAL EXPRESSION OF DISEASE Pallor and cupping Optic disc swelling (edema) Accompanying…

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Understanding Visual Field Defects

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen OPTICS AND MEDIA RETINA Organization Visual field defects NERVE FIBER LAYER/OPTIC DISC Organization Visual field defects THE CHIASM Organization Visual field defects OVERVIEW OF RETROCHIASMAL…

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Testing Sensory Visual Function

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen CLINICAL TESTS OF CENTRAL VISUAL FUNCTION Visual acuity testing Contrast sensitivity testing Brightness sense testing Photo-stress testing Amsler grid testing Color vision testing Stereopsis testing…

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Supranuclear Visual Motor System and Nystagmus

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen INTERNUCLEAR ORGANIZATION: GAZE CENTERS Horizontal gaze Vertical gaze SUPRANUCLEAR PATHWAYS AND DISORDERS Saccades Pursuit Vestibulo-ocular reflex Optokinetic reflex Vergence Fixation reflex NYSTAGMUS Classification and terminology…

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The Pupil

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen ANATOMY AND OVERVIEW OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY The iris Sympathetic innervation of the pupil Parasympathetic innervation of the Pupil The afferent pupillary pathway and midbrain connections AFFERENT…

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Neurovascular and Neurocutaneous Diseases

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE Carotid disease Vertebrobasilar disease Arteriovenous malformation Arterial-cavernous sinus fistula Aneurysms Dolichoectatic arteries NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES Neurofibromatosis Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis (Sturge-Weber syndrome) Retinal angiomatosis (von Hippel…

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Ocular Motility Disorders: Cranial Nerve Palsies

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen ABDUCENS NERVE:CRANIAL NERVE VI Signs and symptoms Anatomy: clinical implications Differential diagnosis and evaluation Management TROCHLEAR NERVE: CRANIAL NERVE IV Signs and symptoms Anatomy: clinical…

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The Facial Nerve

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen NEUROANATOMY Supranuclear (upper motor neuron) pathways Facial nucleus and fascicles (lower motor neuron) Subarachnoid space Temporal bone and peripheral course ASSESSMENT OF FACIAL NERVE FUNCTION…

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Ocular Motility Disorders: Extraocular Muscles and the Neuromuscular Junction

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CHAPTER OUTLINE Print Section Listen EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES Anatomy and function MYOPATHIES Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia Muscular dystrophies Orbital inflammatory disorders RESTRICTIVE ORBITOPATHIES Orbital Graves disease Other restrictive syndromes DISORDERS OF…

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