Anterior Segment Diseases

The latest guidelines for diagnosing and treating corneal diseases This well-illustrated full-color reference provides the latest guidelines for diagnosing and treating corneal diseases. Features: Full-color presentation with numerous illustrations Provides complete updated information on all types of anterior segment diseases With in-depth focus, the authors concentrate on vital areas of the surface abnormalities, including pathology of tear film, disease of conjunctiva, eyelids, and tumors Presents updated guidelines to establish instant and correct clinical diagnosis for proper and timely treatment of corneal diseases Ashok Garg, MS, PhD, is Chairman and Medical Director of the Garg Eye Institute and Research Centre in Hisar, India Table of contents 1. Congenital Anomalies of the Anterior Segment (Hala M Elhilaly, Rania El Essawy, Hoda M Mostafa) 2. Developmental Abnormalities (Arturo Perez Arteaga) Axenfeld Rieger Syndrome 20 Peters Anomaly 22 Aniridia 26 3. Conjunctival Disorders (Arturo Perez Arteaga) Infectious Diseases 30  Trachoma 30  Bacterial Conjunctivitis 34 Adenoviral Keratoconjunctivitis 38 Chlamydial Conjunctivitis 40 Inflammatory Diseases 44 Allergic conjunctivitis 44 Giant Papillary Conjunctivitis 46 Vernal Conjunctivitis 50 Atopic Conjunctivitis 52 Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid 56 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome 60 Superior Limbic Keratoconjunctivitis 64 Phlyctenular Conjunctivitis 68 Neoplastic Disorders 72 Lymphoma 72 Conjunctival Nevus 74 Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia 76 Squamous Cell Carcinoma 78 Primary Acquired Melanosis of the Conjunctiva 82 Conjunctival Melanoma 84 Limbal Dermoid 88 Degenerations 90 Pingueculae 90 Pterygium 92 Conjunctivochalasis 94 Anterior Segment Diseases 4. Episclera and Sclera (Arturo Perez Arteaga) 5. Corneal Disorders (Ashok Sharma) Infections 104 Bacterial Keratitis 104 Fungal Keratitis 106 Herpes Simplex Keratitis 110 Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus 112 Acanthamoeba Keratitis 114 Atypical Mycobacterium Keratitis 116 Nocardia Keratitis 118 Inflammations 120 Marginal Keratitis 120 Vernal Conjunctivitis 122 Vernal Ulcer 126 Vitamin A Deficiency 128 Corneal Edema 132 Numular Corneal Opacities 136 Dry Eyes 136 Meibomian Gland Disease 140 Neurotrophic Keratitis 142 Ocular Surface Disease and Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency 144 Currents in Surgical Management of Ocular Surface Disease 150 Mooren's Ulcer 160 Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis 162 Corneal Injuries 166 Management of Corneal Injuries 166 Management of Blunt Trauma of Anterior Segment 172 Acute Chemical Eye Injury 182 Non-inflammatory Degenerations 188 Corneal Degenerations 188 Pellucid Marginal Corneal Degeneration 192 Terrien's Marginal Degeneration 192 Salzmann's Nodular Degeneration 194 Climatic Droplet Keratopathy 196 Corneal Dystrophies 200 Anterior Corneal Dystrophies 202 Stromal Corneal Dystrophies 206 Endothelial Dystrophies 208 Congenital Corneal Dystrophies 209 6. Iris and Ciliary Body (Arturo Perez Arteaga) Idiopathic Iritis 214 Sarcoidosis 216 Fuchs Heterochromic Iridocyclitis 218 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 221 7. Tear Film Disorders Pathophysiology of Tear Film 224 Ashok Garg (India) Diagnostic Tests and Principles in Dry Eye Syndrome 254 David Meyer (South Africa) Blepharitis and Meibomianitis 270 Henry D Perry, Eric D Donnenfeld (USA) Dry Eye after Refractive Surgery 274 Belquiz A Nassaralla, Jo?o J Nassaralla (Brazil) Computer Vision Syndrome and Dry Eye 280 Ashok Garg (India) Pediatric Dry Eye 286 John D Sheppard (USA) 8. Hyphema (Earl R Crouch, Eric Crouch) 9. Pediatric Iris Abnormalities (Arif Adenwala, Mahesh Dalvi) 10. Anterior Segment Tumors (Flavio A Marigo, Paul T Finger) 11. Keratoplasty Pediatric Keratoplasty 348 Anita Panda, Geeta Behera, Abhiyan Kumar (India) Evolution of Keratoplasty through Centuries 374 Anita Panda, Sandeep Kumar, Shibal Bhartiya , Abhiyan Kumar (India) Current Concepts in Pediatric Corneal Transplant Surgery 408 Ashok Sharma (India)