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- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface to thirteenth edition
- Preface to first edition
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- About the companion website
- 1 Anatomy
- Introduction
- Surface anatomy
- Sensory innervation of the face: the fifth cranial nerve
- Gross anatomy of the eye
- The orbit
- The eyelids (the tarsus)
- The lacrimal drainage system
- Detailed functional anatomy
- The ocular blood supply
- The third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- References
- 2 Genetic disorders and the eye
- Introduction
- Autosomal recessive disorders
- Autosomal dominant disorders
- X‐linked disorders
- Phenotyping and genotyping
- Penetrance and expressivity
- Mitochondrial inheritance
- Heterogeneity in genetic disorders
- Multifactorial disorders
- Genetic counselling
- Syndromes and the eye
- Gene therapy
- Assessment question True or False
- Answer
- 3 History and examination
- Introduction
- General ophthalmic history
- Specific ophthalmic history
- Examination
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- Reference
- 4 Clinical optics
- Introduction
- Refractive error (ametropia)
- Accommodation and presbyopia
- Correction of refractive errors
- Low‐vision aids
- Refractive surgery
- Prevention of myopia progression
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 5 The orbit
- Introduction
- Clinical features
- Investigation of orbital disease
- Differential diagnosis of orbital disease
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 6 The eyelids
- Introduction
- Abnormalities of lid position
- Inflammation of the eyelids
- Benign lid lumps and bumps
- Malignant tumours
- Abnormalities of the lashes
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 7 The lacrimal system
- Introduction
- Abnormalities in tear secretion and evaporation – Dry eye
- Disorders of tear drainage
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 8 Conjunctiva, cornea and sclera
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Signs
- Conjunctiva
- Cornea
- Sclera
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 9 The lens and cataract
- Introduction
- Cataract
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 10 Uveitis
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- History
- Signs
- Investigations
- Treatment
- Specific conditions associated with uveitis
- AIDS and CMV retinitis
- Sympathetic ophthalmitis
- Uveitis associated with other ocular disease
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 11 Glaucoma
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology
- Classification
- Pathogenesis
- Chronic (primary) open‐angle glaucoma
- Normal tension glaucoma
- Primary angle‐closure glaucoma
- Secondary glaucoma
- Childhood glaucoma
- Prognosis of the glaucomas
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 12 Retina and choroid
- Introduction
- Symptoms of retinal disease
- Acquired macular disease
- Vitreous floaters and posterior vitreous detachment
- Retinal detachment
- Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- Tractional retinal detachment
- Retinoschisis
- Inherited retinal and photoreceptor dystrophies
- Retinal tumours
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 13 Retinal vascular disease
- Introduction
- Signs of retinal vascular disease
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Arterial occlusion
- Venous occlusion
- Arteriosclerosis and hypertension
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Sickle‐cell retinopathy
- Abnormal retinal blood vessels
- Abnormalities of the blood
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 14 The pupil and its responses
- Introduction
- Ocular causes of pupillary abnormality
- Neurological causes of an abnormal pupil
- Other causes of pupillary abnormality
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- Reference
- 15 Disorders of the visual pathway
- Introduction
- The optic nerve
- The chiasm
- Optic tract, radiation and visual cortex
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 16 Eye movements and their disorders
- Introduction
- Anatomy and physiology
- Disorders of eye movement
- The concept of binocular single vision
- History and Examination
- Disorders of eye movements
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 17 Trauma
- Introduction
- History
- Examination
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 18 Tropical ophthalmology: eye diseases in the developing world
- Introduction
- Reasons for the greater prevalence of blindness in the developing world
- Treatment and prevention
- Providing eye care in the developing world
- Major causes of blindness
- Tropical diseases
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- References
- 19 Eye diseases in children
- Introduction
- History and examination
- Ocular disorders seen in children
- Assessment questions True or False
- Answers
- 20 Services for the visually impaired
- Definitions
- Key facts
- The causes of visual impairment
- Effect of visual impairment on motor function, social interactions and cognition
- Colour blindness
- Children with vision impairment
- Adults with visual impairment
- Useful contacts and agencies
- 21 Clinical cases
- Introduction
- Clinical cases
- Useful references
- Textbooks
- Review journals
- Ophthalmic journals
- Websites
- Organizations producing patient information literature
- Appendix 1: Conversion table for representation of visual acuity
- Appendix 2: Drugs available for ophthalmic use
- Treatment of infection
- Treatment of inflammation
- Mucolytics
- Mydriatics and cycloplegics
- Ocular hypotensives
- Local anaesthetics
- Ocular lubricants
- Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors
- Diagnostic preparations
- Index
- End User License Agreement
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