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Ocular Tuberculosis

  • Written and edited by international leaders in the field
  • Provides a comprehensive guide for ophthalmologists interested in learning more about this disease
  • Discusses detailed and practical information on everything from clinical features, ocular imaging studies, and pathology, to investigations, treatment, and surgical management of this disease
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology (ESSENTIALS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Epidemiological Aspect of Ocular Tuberculosis

    • May Zun Aung Win, Soon-Phaik Chee
    Pages 1-6
  3. Imaging Studies for Ocular Tuberculosis

    • Atul Kumar, Rohan Chawla, Ruchir Tewari
    Pages 17-27
  4. Management of Ocular Tuberculosis

    • Nitin Kumar, Eliza Anthony, Parthopratim Dutta Majumder, Ranju Kharel (Sitaula), Jyotirmay Biswas
    Pages 51-60
  5. Tubercular Uveitis

    • Atul Kumar, Rohan Chawla, Raghav Ravani, Koushik Tripathy
    Pages 61-79
  6. Tubercular Multifocal Serpiginoid Choroiditis

    • Sahil Jain, Aniruddha Agarwal, Kanika Aggarwal, Vishali Gupta
    Pages 81-88
  7. Tubercular Retinitis and Retinal Vasculitis

    • Soumyava Basu, Taraprasad Das
    Pages 89-94
  8. Tuberculous Optic Neuropathy

    • Rohit Saxena, Divya Singh
    Pages 95-99
  9. Ocular Tuberculosis in Immunocompromised Patients

    • Pukhraj Rishi, Ekta Rishi, Sridevi Nair, S. Sudharshan, Sharanya Abraham
    Pages 101-110
  10. Conjunctival and Corneal Tuberculosis

    • Namrata Sharma, Neelima Aron
    Pages 111-115
  11. Tubercular Scleritis

    • Mi Fang Helen, Rupesh Agrawal, Vishali Gupta, Carlos Pavesio
    Pages 117-121
  12. Orbital and Periorbital Tuberculosis

    • Neelam Pushker, Amar Pujari
    Pages 123-131
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 133-136

About this book

A concise guide for ophthalmologists detailing tuberculosis, which can cause disease in multiple organs throughout the body, including the eye. Tuberculosis is an infection caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, which can cause disease in multiple organs throughout the body, including the eye. This can also affect any part of the eye (intraocular, superficial, or surrounding the eye), with or without systemic involvement and Ocular Tuberculosis is a text devoted to in-depth coverage of this topic.

Written and edited by international leaders in the field, discussing detailed and practical information on everything from clinical features, ocular imaging studies, and pathology, to investigations, treatment, and surgical management of this disease, Ocular Tuberculosis is a truly comprehensive text.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Atul Kumar, Rohan Chawla, Namrata Sharma

About the editors

Atul Kumar, MD, FAMS, Chief, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India


Rohan Chawla, MD, FRCS(Glasg), Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India 


Namrata Sharma, MD, DNB, Professor of Ophthalmology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ocular Tuberculosis

  • Editors: Atul Kumar, Rohan Chawla, Namrata Sharma

  • Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57520-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57519-3Published: 08 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86183-8Published: 12 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57520-9Published: 30 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1612-3212

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 136

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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eBook USD 59.99
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Softcover Book USD 74.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 99.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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