A Case-Based Guide to Eye Pain: Perspectives from Ophthalmology and Neurology
Médecine, Maladies oculaires
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Résumé
Diagnosing a patient with unexplained ocular pain can be time-consuming and difficult but taking an anatomic approach and excluding causes along the way can aid in the diagnosis This book provides the reader with a systematic evaluation… plan for these cases written and edited by leaders in the field A Case-Based Guide to Eye Pain is written for both ophthalmologists and neuro-ophthalmologists since there are not enough neuro-ophthalmologists to treat the number of patients with unexplained ocular pain and general ophthalmologists are having to take on the diagnosis and treatment of these patients Organized in an easy-to-use manner each case covers the following key elements the chief complaint history of the present illness the examination assessment and plan follow-up alternate perspective summary points and key references Tables are also available to help the reader rapidly sort through cases that may apply to a sign symptom historical feature diagnostic test or treatment option This allows the practitioner who has a patient with a particular concern to use the tables to identify a case discussion Additionally A Case-based Guide to Eye Pain includes an appendices with the general approach to eye pain and anatomy of the trigeminal pathway and its relation to eye pain