Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Foreword

ix

 

Preface

xi

 

Dedication

xii

 

Acknowledgments

xiii

PART 1

FUNDAMENTALS

 

Chapter 1

Elements of the Immune System and Concepts of Intraocular Inflammatory Disease Pathogenesis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

1

PART 2

DIAGNOSIS

 

Chapter 2

Medical History in the Patient with Uveitis   Scott M. Whitcup

37

Chapter 3

Examination of the Patient with Uveitis   Scott M. Whitcup

41

Chapter 4

Development of a Differential Diagnosis   Scott M. Whitcup

51

Chapter 5

Diagnostic Testing   Scott M. Whitcup

59

Chapter 6

Evidence-Based Medicine in Uveitis   Scott M. Whitcup

72

PART 3

MEDICAL THERAPY AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION

 

Chapter 7

Philosophy, Goals, and Approaches to Medical Therapy   Robert B. Nussenblatt

76

Chapter 8

Role of Surgery in the Patient with Uveitis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

114

PART 4

INFECTIOUS UVEITIC CONDITIONS

 

Chapter 9

Bacterial and Fungal Diseases   Scott M. Whitcup

132

Chapter 10

Spirochetal Diseases   Scott M. Whitcup

142

Chapter 11

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome   Scott M. Whitcup

161

Chapter 12

Acute Retinal Necrosis and Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis   Scott M. Whitcup

176

Chapter 13

Other Viral Diseases   Scott M. Whitcup

184

Chapter 14

Ocular Toxoplasmosis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

190

Chapter 15

Ocular Histoplasmosis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

210

Chapter 16

Toxocara canis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

219

Chapter 17

Onchocerciasis and Other Parasitic Diseases   Roben B. Nussenblatt

227

Chapter 18

Postsurgical Uveitis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

243

PART 5

UVEITIC CONDITIONS NOT CAUSED BY ACTIVE INFECTION

 

Chapter 19

Anterior Uveitis   Scott M. Whitcup

251

Chapter 20

Scleritis   Scott M. Whitcup

264

Chapter 21

Intermediate Uveitis   Scott M. Whitcup

269

Chapter 22

Sarcoidosis   Scott M. Whitcup

278

Chapter 23

Sympathetic Ophthalmia   Robert B. Nussenblatt

289

Chapter 24

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome   Robert B. Nussenblatt

303

Chapter 25

Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy   Robert B. Nussenblatt

319

Chapter 26

Behçet’s Disease   Robert B. Nussenblatt

332

Chapter 27

Retinal Vasculitis   Robert B. Nussenblatt

355

Chapter 28

Serpiginous Choroidopathy   Robert B. Nussenblatt

373

Chapter 29

White-Dot Syndromes   Robert B. Nussenblatt

383

Chapter 30

Masquerade Syndromes   Scott M. Whitcup

401

Chapter 31

Other Ocular Diseases and the Immune Response: Who would have Thought?   Robert B. Nussenblatt

411

 

Index

423