Presents more than 70 clinical cases depicting actual scenarios of patients presenting with a variety of retinal disorders
Walks you through history taking, questions to ask, differential diagnosis, testing, management, and follow-up care, all in a concise, templated, and easy-to-read format
Covers the latest imaging modalities, including OCT and OCTA, autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, and ultrasound
Includes diagnostic algorithms that help you differentiate between disorders with common presentations
Provides expert guidance on treatment options, including prescribing medications, injections, and where appropriate, when to refer for surgery
Features quick-reference boxes throughout with clinical pearls, pitfalls, and key points
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
SECTION 1 Hereditary Macular Conditions 1. Yellow Macular Spots in a Child 2. Long-standing Photophobia, Reduced Visual Acuity, Myopia, and Dyschromatopsia in a Young Adult Male Patient 3. Bilateral Progressive Severe Loss of Vision and Obesity 4. Bilateral Peripheral Retinal and Macular Schisis in a Young Boy 5. Congenital Blindness and Retinopathy in a Young Girl 6. Progressive Nyctalopia and Tunnel Vision in a Young Man 7. Rapid Progression of Vision Loss in a Child With Pigmentary Retinopathy 8. Unilateral Tractional Retinal Detachment in a 6-Month-Old Female Infant With Erythematous Skin Lesions 9. Bilateral Peripheral Pigmentary Changes in a Woman 10. I Was Never Good at Ghosts in the Graveyard 11. Bilateral Perifoveal Degeneration in a Woman 12. Autosomal Dominant Radial Drusen
SECTION 2 Degenerative/Deficiency 13. Bilateral Asymptomatic Pigmentary Retinopathy 14. Unilateral Macular Schisis With Blurred Vision in a Woman 15. Acute Vision Loss in an Elderly Patient Associated With Unilateral Intraretinal Blot Hemorrhage in the Macula 16. Bilateral Macular and Peripheral Drusen in a Young Man 17. Long-Standing Macular Scars 18. Bilateral Presentation of Bull’s Eye Maculopathy 19. Late-Onset Nyctalopia and Widespread Geographical Atrophy 20. Bilateral Gradual Visual Decline With Subtle Parafoveal Graying and Refractile Foci 21. Transient Peripheral White Retinal Lesions 22. Bilateral Atypical Drusen and Slow Dark Adaptation in a Woman 23. Bilateral Diffuse Macular and Peripheral Yellow spots
SECTION 3 Inflammatory/Autoimmune Macular Diseases 24. Night Blindness in a Man With a Normal Fundus Examination 25. Hypopyon Uveitis 26. Treatment-Resistant Bilateral Neurosensory Macular Detachment 27. Malignant Photopsias 28. Unilateral Paracentral Scotoma and Photopsia in a Young Woman With Myopia 29. Persistent Bilateral Flashes With Vitreous Cell and Haze 30. Sudden-Onset Bilateral Scotomas With Punched-Out, Pigmented Lesions 31. Bilateral Munir-Focal Serous Retinal Detachments 32. Bilateral Multifocal Placoid Lesions in a Young Woman 33. Bilateral Progressive Vision Loss in an Otherwise Healthy Man 34. Flashes and Floaters With a Well-Demarcated Peripapillary Lesion of the Right Eye 35. Acute Vision Loss in a Pregnant Woman Associated With Bilateral Serous Retinal Detachment
SECTION 4 Infectious Macular Diseases 36. Unilateral Vision Loss in a 45-Year-Old Woman 37. Unilateral Painless Vision Loss With Retinal Detachment 38. Unilateral Vitreous Cell and Chorioretinal Lesions in an Asymptomatic Woman 39. Bilateral Chorioretinal Scars and Pigment Mottling in a Newborn 40. Unilateral Floaters and Vitreous Cells
SECTION 5 Retinovascular 41. Bilateral Retinal Hemorrhages in a Young Man 42. Multiple Branch Retinal Artery Occlusions in a Woman 43. Unilateral Disc Edema in an Elderly Woman 44. Peripheral Transient Fluctuating Retinal Lesion 45. Acute Vision Loss With Peripapillary Cotton Wool Spots 46. Unilateral Leukocoria 47. Sudden-Onset Unilateral Vision Loss in a Young Patient With a “Cherry-Red Spot” 48. Takayasu Arteritis: Bilateral Progressive Loss of Vision With Aneurysmal Dilatation 49. Perifoveal Retinal Whitening and Scotomas in a Sickle Cell Patient
SECTION 6 Idiopathic Macular Conditions 50. A Hypopigmented Lesion in a Baby’s Eye 51. Unilateral Painless Vision Loss After a Viral Illness 52. Bilateral Presentation of Macular Schisis in a Woman 53. Bilateral Vitelliform Detachments in a Woman 54. Hypopigmented Subretinal Lesion in an Elderly Man 55. Jello-like Circles in My Vision
SECTION 7 Toxic/Secondary 56. Bilateral Maculopathy in a Middle-Aged Woman With Interstitial Cystitis 57. Bilateral Chronic Photopsias in a Woman 58. Bilateral Serous Retinal Detachments in a Man With Metastatic Melanoma 59. Bilateral Blurred Vision and Eye Redness With Bacillary and Serous Retinal Detachments 60. Bilateral Decreased Vision in a Middle-Aged Man With Optical Coherence Tomography Findings of Foveal Ellipsoid Disruption 61. Bilateral Central Scotoma With Macular Pigmentary Changes in a Young Man
SECTION 8 Neoplastic/Infiltrative 62. Unilateral Exudative Retinal Detachment in an Elderly Woman 63. Perifoveal Calcified Lesion in Young Girl Patient 64. Bilateral Vitreous Floaters 65. Familial Dense Vitreous Floaters in a Man 66. Asymptomatic Bilateral Retinal White Spots 67. Unilateral Decreased Vision Associated With a Peripheral Mass in a Young Male Patient 68. Peripheral Proliferative Retinal Lesion 69. Bilateral Severe Vision Loss in a Middle-Aged Woman With Constitutional Symptoms 70. Diffuse Choroidal Thickness in a Patient With Migraine Headaches 71. Vascularized, Pigmented Macular Lesion 72. Unilateral Macular Lesion in a Young Man 73. A Young Boy Who Failed Routine School Screening With Unilateral Decreased Vision and an Irregular Reddish Macular Lesion 74. Unilateral Loss of Vision With a Vascular Retinal Lesion
Jennifer I. Lim, MD, Marion H Schenk Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Retina Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA and William F. Mieler, MD, Cless Family Professor and Vice-Chairman, Director Residency and Vitreoretinal Fellowship Training, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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