Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis [Hardcover]

C. Stephen Foster MD (Author), Albert T. Vitale MD (Author), Pomerantz (Author), Movsas (Author), Brooks (Author), Rustgi (Author), Barton D. Schmitt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2002

This comprehensive volume presents both immunologic fundamentals as they relate to uveitis and the practical approach to the treatment of these diseases. Dr. Foster is the leader in the aggressive medical management of ocular inflammatory diseases, and the book reflects 25 years' experience in the world's busiest uveitis clinic. With contributions from 60 international specialists, this new title provides encyclopedic coverage of basic science, diagnosis, and clinical management, as well as thorough discussions of ocular inflammatory diseases in all regions of the world.1. PART I. BASIC PRINCIPLES
1. Introduction
2. The Uvea: Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology
3. Definition, Classification, Etiology, and Epidemiology
4. Philosophy
5. Basic Immunology

PART II. PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY
6. Diagnosis of Uveitis
7. Imaging Studies
8. Treatment of Uveitis: Overview
9. Corticosteroids
10. Mydriatic and Cycloplegic Agents
11. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs
12. Immunosuppressive Chemotherapy
13. Diagnostic Surgery
14. Therapeutic Surgery

PART III. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES - INFECTIOUS
15. Syphillis
16. Borreliosis
17. Bartonella
18. Tuberculosis
19. Leptosporosis
20. Brucellosis
21. Ocular Whippleís Disease
22. Rickettsial Diseases
23. Ocular Leprosy
24. Herpesvirsus
25. Rift Valley Fever
26. Measles
27. Rubella
28. Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
29. Candidiasis
30. Coccidiodomycosis
31. Cryptococcosis
32. Sporotrichosis
33. Toxoplasmosis
34. Free Living Amoebas and Amoebiasis
35. Giardia Lamblia
36. Trypanosomiasis
37. Pneumocystotis
38. Ocular Toxocariasis
39. Ascariasis
40. Onchocerciasis
41. Loiasis
42. Cysticerosis
43. Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis
44. Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)
45. Ophthalmomyiasis
46. Ophthalmia Nodosa
47. HIV-associated Uveitis

PART IV. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- MASQUERADE SYNDROMES
48. Masquerade Syndromes: Malignancies
49. Masquerade Syndromes: Endophthalmitis
50. Masquerade Syndromes: Miscellaneous

PART V. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- TRAUMA
51. Traumatic Uveitis

PART VI. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- AUTOIMMUNE
52. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
53. Systemic Lupus Erthematosus
54. Progressive Systemic Sclerosis
55. Giant Cell Arteritis
56. Adamantiades-Behcetís Disease
57. Polyarteritis Nodosa
58. Wegner's Granulomatosis
59. Eye Disease and Systemic Correlates in Relapsing Polychondritis
60. Antiphospholipid Syndrome
61. Fuchs' Heretochromic Iridocyclitis
62. Multiple Sclerosis
63. Sarcoidosis
64. Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis (TINU) Syndrome
65. Birdshot Retinochroroidopathy
66. Sympathetic Opthalmia
67. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome
68. Multifocal Choroiditis and Panueveitis
69. Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome
70. Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Eipitheliopathy
71. Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis
72. Serpiginous Choroiditis
73. Subretinal Fibrosis and Uveitis Syndrome
74. Punctate Inner Choroidopathy
75. Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
76. Lens-Induced Uveitis
77. Retinal Vasculitis
78. Intermediate Uveitis

PART VII. THE UVEITIS SYNDROMES -- MEDICATION-INDUCED
79. Medication-Induced Uveitis

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About the Author

C. Stephen Foster, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA; and Albert T. Vitale, MD, King Khaled Eye Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Product Details

• Hardcover: 900 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721663389
• ISBN-13: 978-0721663388
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,040,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most comprehensive book on uveitis, June 11, 2006

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Dan I. "Dannyboy" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis (Hardcover)

There are shorter and easier books to read than this one. The problem is after reading them you still know very little about uveitis. Foster's book is the most comprehensive review on uveitis today. It should be a required reading for all ophthalmologists planning to specilalize in retina and uveitis. I bought this book on Amazon 3 years ago and come back to it with pleasure every time finding it more useful and practical than any other uveitis literature I have.