This handy A-Z pocket book covers a broad range of anterior segment eye conditions and how to manage them with ocular therapeutics. It provides treatment protocols and down-to-earth sensible advice and lists differential diagnoses. An indispensable ready-reference book for the busy practitioner and an ideal concise encyclopedia for the student, this book is an essential clinical handbook for all eye-care professionals diagnosing and managing anterior eye disease.

Table of Contents

A-Z Guide A-Z table Abrasions Acanthamoeba keratitis Actinic keratosis Acute allergic blepharoconjunctivitis Adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis Allergic Eye Disease: Classification Aniridia Atopic keratoconjunctivitis Bacterial conjunctivits Bacterial keratitis Band keratopathy Basal cell carcinoma Bells Palsy - Facial Paralysis Blepharitis - anterior. Blepharitis - posterior. Bullous Keratopathy: Pseudophakic and aphakic Canaliculitis Caruncular cysts Cataract classification Cataract Surgery Complications Cataract incisions Chalazion Chemical burns Chlamydial conjunctivitis Climatic Droplet Keratopathy Concretions Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia Conjunctival lymphoma Conjunctival papilloma Conjunctival pigmented lesions Conjunctival scarring Conjunctivitis - overview Conjunctivochalasis and chemosis Contact lenses - Gas Permeable (GP) Contact lenses - Soft Contact lens-related conditions Corneal Collagen Cross-linking corneal degenerations, dystrophies and depositions - grouping corneal degenerations, dystrophies and depositions - overview Corneal edema - overview Corneal Grafts Corneal Grafts: Lamellar Keratoplasty Corneal Grafts: Rejection Corneal infiltrates - overview Corneal opacities - peripheral Crocodile shagreen Crystalline keratopathy Cysts of the eyelid Dacryocystitis Dellen Dendritic ulcer - Herpes Simplex Keratitis Dermatochalasis Descemet's Membrane Breaks Disciform keratitis Dry Eye syndromes - overview Dry Eye Syndromes-Keratoconjunctivitis sicca Ectopia lentis Ectropion Endophthalmitis Endothelial Opacities Entropion Epiblepharon and Epicanthic folds Epibulbar choristoma - dermoids, dermolipomas Epiphora Episcleritis - simple and nodular Epithelial and fibrous ingrowth Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy Exposure keratopathy Eyelid - Hot, Eyelid Tarsal Conjunctiva Eyelid and Lacrimal Eyelid trauma -haematoma Filamentary Keratopathy Filtering blebs Flash burn Floppy Eyelid Syndrome Folliclular conjunctivitis Foreign body - corneal and conjunctival Fuch's endothelial dystrophy Fuch's heterochromic iridocyclytis Fungal keratitis Giant papillary conjunctivitis Glaucoma - acute angle closure Gonococcal conjunctivitis Granular stromal dystrophy Hemangioma Herpes Simplex Keratitis - overview Herpes simplex - primary keratoblepharoconjunctivitis Herpes zoster ophthalmicus Hordeolum - internal and external Hyphaema - Blunt trauma Hypopyon Infectious crystalline keratopathy Interstitial keratitis Intraocular lenses Irido-corneal dysgenesis Irido-corneal endotheliopathy Iris and Lens Conditions - grouping Iris cysts and benign tumours Iritis Iron lines Keratitis - grouping Keratoconus Keratoconus-forme fruste Keratoglobus Keratopathy Lattice stromal dystrophy Leukocoria Lice - Phthiriasis palpebrarum Limbal stem cell deficiency Lipid keratopathy Macular stromal dystrophy Marginal keratitis Meesmann's epithelial dystrophy Melanoma - conjunctival Melonoma - eyelid Melanoma and naevus of the iris Membranous and Pseudomembranous Conjunctivitis Molluscum contagiosum Mooren ulcer Naevus - eyelid Nasolacrimal duct obstruction - congenital Neurotrophic keratopathy Ocular Cicatricial pemphigoid Ophthalmia neonatorum Pannus and pseudopterygia Pellucid marginal degeneration Penetrating Eye Injuries Perforation - corneal Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Persistant Epithelial Defects Phlyctenulosis - conjunctival, corneal Pingueculum Posterior capsule opacification Posterior polymorphous dystrophy Preseptal cellulitis Pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule (PXF) Pterygium Ptosis and pseudoptosis Punctal stenosis Pyogenic granuloma Recurrent corneal erosion syndrome Red eye hot overview Red eye quiet overview Refractive Surgery-Lasik Refractive Surgery-RK and PRK Reis-Buckler's dystrophy Retention cyst and lymphangiectasia Rheumatoid Arthriritis and the Eye Rosacea Keratitis Salzmann nodular degeneration Scleritis-overview Scleritis-thinning and necrosis Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis Sebaceous cell carcinoma Seborrhoeic keratosis Skin - lumps, bumps grouping Skin tumors - benign Skin tumors - overview Squamous cell carcinoma - lid Stevens-Johnson syndrome Sub-conjunctival hemorrhage Superficial punctate keratopathy (SPK) Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis Surgical signs and complications - grouping Synechiae Tear film anomaly - grouping Terrien's marginal degeneration Thygeson's SPK Toxic Keratopathy Trachoma Trauma overview Trichiasis, pseudotrichiasis, distachiasis, metaplastic lashes and trichotillomania Uveitis: anterior - classification Vernal keratoconjunctivitis Vitamin A Deficiency Vortex keratopathy Xanthelasma

Reviews

."..it is the single best practical guide to the subject of anterior segment trauma management currently available. The authors are to be congratulated for producing a superb book for us all"Cornea, The Journal of Cornea and External Disease, April 2003
reference guide. As a trainee opthamologist, I found this book extremely useful. It covers most of the conditions seen routinely in eye casualty and provides sound advice on their management."" "Nick Maywer", British and Irish Orthoptic Society, January 2004