E-raamat: Common Neuro-Ophthalmic Pitfalls: Case-Based Teaching

Purvin (ophthalmology and neurology, Indiana U. Medical Center) and Kawasaki (Pupil Laboratory, U. of Lausanne, Switzerland) present actual cases of patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders for medical students, residents, and practitioners in neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, ophthalmology, and neuro-ophthalmology. Uniquely, the cases focus on errors and areas of frequent diagnostic confusion so that these pitfalls can be avoided, including mistaking ocular disease for neurologic disease and vice versa, radiographic errors, misinterpretation of visual fields, and over-reliance on negative test results. Cases include motility and fundus photos, visual fields, and radiographic studies. Knowledge of basic neuroanatomy, physiology, and disease process is assumed, but each case reviews this information. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A case-based teaching tool describing real-life cases of neuro-ophthalmic disorders. Bridges the gap between textbook information and everyday clinical practice.

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.