Main description:

The latest installment in SLACK's Pocket Guide series, The Pocket Guide to Medical Retina provides essential information on medical retina diseases along with multimodal imaging of each condition, perfect for medical students, residents, fellows, or comprehensive ophthalmologists.

This accessible small handbook covers the basics while allowing readers to quickly synthesize information easily related to clinical encounters. With over 300 high-resolution original figures, The Pocket Guide to Medical Retina is an image-heavy book with succinct text so information can be rapidly distilled. Drs. Jason Hsu and Allen Chiang have created the ultimate quick-summary pocket guide on retinal conditions including:

Up-to-date figures, including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence in addition to color fundus photos
Macular diseases
Retinal vascular diseases
Infectious inflammatory diseases
Noninfectious inflammatory diseases
Retinal degenerations and dystrophies
Pediatric retinal diseases
Trauma-related retinopathies
Drug-related retinopathies
Peripheral retinal diseases
Retinal and choroidal tumors

With its portable size and plethora of useful information, The Pocket Guide to Medical Retina is a must-have for medical students up to practicing ophthalmologists.

Contents:

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1 Macular Diseases
Non-Exudative (Dry) Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Epiretinal Membrane (Macular Pucker)
Full-Thickness Macular Hole
Vitreomacular Traction
Cystoid Macular Edema
Myopic Degeneration
Angioid Streaks
Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy
Choroidal Folds
Hypotony Maculopathy
Chapter 2 Retinal Vascular Diseases
Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic Macular Edema
Cotton Wool Spots
Hypertensive Retinopathy
Retinal Artery Occlusion
Retinal Vein Occlusion
Ocular Ischemic Syndrome
Retinal Artery Macroaneurysm
Macular Telangiectasia
Sickle Cell Retinopathy
Radiation Retinopathy
Chapter 3 Infectious Inflammatory Diseases
Endophthalmitis
Ocular Toxoplasmosis
Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
Candida Chorioretinitis
Syphilitic Chorioretinitis
Acute Retinal Necrosis
Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Retinopathy
Ocular Toxocariasis
Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinopathy
Eales Disease
Chapter 4 Noninfectious Inflammatory Diseases
Multifocal Choroiditis
Posterior Scleritis
Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome
Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy
Serpiginous Chorioretinitis
Birdshot Chorioretinopathy
Ocular Sarcoidosis
BehCet's Disease
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
Sympathetic Ophthalmia
Intermediate Uveitis (Pars Planitis)
Chapter 5 Retinal Degenerations and Dystrophies
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Cone Dystrophies
Stargardt Disease
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness
Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
Pattern Dystrophies
Choroideremia
Ocular and Oculocutaneous Albinism
Autoimmune Retinopathies
Chapter 6 Pediatric Retinal Diseases
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy
Coats Disease
Chorioretinal Coloboma
Persistent Fetal Vasculature
X-Linked Retinoschisis
Early-Onset Severe Retinal Dystrophy and Leber Congenital Amaurosis
Incontinentia Pigmenti
Chapter 7 Trauma-Related Retinopathies
Commotio Retinae
Choroidal Rupture
Chorioretinitis Sclopetaria
Avulsion of the Vitreous Base
Photic Injury
Valsalva Retinopathy
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Terson's Syndrome
Purtscher and Purtscher-Like Retinopathy
Chapter 8 Drug-Related Retinopathies
Crystalline Retinopathy
Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine Retinal Toxicity
Phenothiazine-Associated Retinopathy
MEK Inhibitor Retinopathy
Chapter 9 Peripheral Retinal Diseases
Retinal Tears
Lattice Degeneration
Cobblestone Degeneration
Peripheral Retinoschisis
Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Exudative Retinal Detachment
Choroidal Detachment
Chapter 10 Retinal and Choroidal Tumors
Choroidal Nevus
Choroidal Melanoma
Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Optic Disc Melanocytoma
Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Retinal Astrocytic Hamartoma
Retinoblastoma
Capillary Hemangioma (Hemangioblastoma)
Retinal Cavernous Hemangioma
Choroidal Hemangioma
Retinal Racemose Hemangioma
Choroidal Osteoma
Choroidal Metastasis
Choroidal Lymphoma
Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma
Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumor
Financial Disclosures
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