Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment

   • Olaf Strauß

   Pages 1-12

3. Imaging in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment

   • Seleman Bedar, Ulrich Kellner

   Pages 13-35

4. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

   • Albrecht Lommatzsch

   Pages 37-60

5. Drusenoid Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment

   • Monika Fleckenstein, Arno Philipp Göbel, Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Frank Gerhard Holz

   Pages 61-76

6. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment in Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation

   • Maria Andreea Gamulescu

   Pages 77-94

7. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

   • Werner Inhoffen

   Pages 95-121

8. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Tears: Clinical Review and Update

   • Christoph Roman Clemens, Nicole Eter

   Pages 123-134

9. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

   • Mathias Maier

   Pages 135-152

10. Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment in Systemic Disease

    • Horst Helbig

    Pages 153-161

This excellently illustrated book offers detailed guidance on the differential diagnosis and therapy of detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium (PED), a frequently seen feature in various diseases of the eye. Introductory chapters discuss the anatomy, pathophysiology, and imaging of PEDs, highlighting how especially the increasing use of spectral domain OCT enables even small PEDs to be detected and followed over time. The diverse forms of PED are then described, with explanation of how they may hint at the underlying pathology or even be pathognomonic when considered in conjunction with other clinical features. New insights are provided into the characteristics of the various forms of PED, and predictors of complications – such as rip of the PED - are discussed. It is clearly explained how knowledge of the different types of PED and their underlying diseases can assist in creating an appropriate individualized follow-up and therapy scheme for each patient.

• Age-related macular degeneration
• Central serous retinopathy
• PED
• Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
• Retinal angiomatous proliferation

“This is a short monograph on the diagnosis and treatment of retinal detachment for retinal diseases, especially age related macular degeneration. ... Fluorescent imaging fundal photographs are used to illustrate the various points. The role of systemic diseases in detachments is provided. This is a good book for ophthalmologists.” (Joseph Grenier, Amazon.com, June, 2018)

• Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany

  Maria Andreea Gamulescu, Horst Helbig

• Department of Ophthalmology, Sankt Gertrauden Hospital, Berlin, Germany

  Joachim Wachtlin

Maria-Andrea Ga​mulescu, Medical licence 1998. Working at the Ophthalmology department of the University Clinic in Regensburg, Germany since 1998. From 2002 to 2003 post-doc at Doheny Eye Institute, USC, Los Angeles,USA. Specialist in ophthalmology since 2005 with focus on medical and surgical retina. Leading assistant medical director since 2009.

Horst Helbig, medical School in Berlin, postdoctoral research fellow in physiology and immunology in Berlin, New Haven, Bethesda and Uppsala,
residency and retina fellowship in Berlin
head retina Service in St. Gallen and Zurich
professor and director department ophthalmology university of Regensburg
vice dean medical faculty Regensburg
president German Ophthalmological Society




Joachim Wachtlin, Specialist in ophthalmology since 2001. Priv.-Doz. since 2005. Head of the department of Ophthalmology Sank
t Gertrauden Krankenhaus Berlin since 2007. Specialised in medical and surgical retina.

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