Common neuro-ophthalmic pitfalls : case-based teaching / Valerie A. Purvin, Aki Kawasaki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purvin, Valerie A., 1948- author.

Kawasaki, Aki, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuroophthalmology--Case studies.

Neuroophthalmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using real-life cases describing patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders, this book is a case-based teaching tool that bridges the gap between textbook information and everyday clinical practice. Each case illustrates a particular area of frequent diagnostic confusion, and highlights the specific clinical features that should point to the correct diagnosis. Focusing on errors in this way serves as motivation to the clinician to master the material so that 'pitfalls' can be avoided. The level of the case discussions assumes that the reader has some familiarity with basic neuroanatomy, physiology and disease process but each case discussion furnishes a brief review of such information, always with an emphasis on those features that are clinically relevant. The case-histories are succinct and amply illustrated, including motility and fundus photographs, visual fields and radiographic studies. The narrative is moved along with questions to the reader, making it easy to follow the logic of the cases.

Contents:

When ocular disease is mistaken for neurologic disease

When orbital disease is mistaken for neurologic disease

Mistaking congenital anomalies for acquired disease

Radiographic errors

Incidental findings (seeing but not believing)

Failure of pattern recognition

Clinical findings that are subtle

Misinterpretation of visual fields

Neuro-ophthalmic look-alikes

Over-reliance on negative test results

Over-ordering tests

Management misadventures.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19286-2

0-511-73747-5

1-282-00172-8

9786612001727

0-511-48008-3

0-511-47769-4

0-511-48088-1

0-511-47623-X

0-511-57580-7

0-511-47921-2

OCLC:

437089896