Overview
- Explains how the different forms of retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED) relate to underlying pathology
- Provides new insights into the characteristics of different types of PED
- Offers guidance in the creation of individualized follow-up and therapy schemes
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
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.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment
Book Subtitle: Differential Diagnosis and Therapy
Editors: Maria Andreea Gamulescu, Horst Helbig, Joachim Wachtlin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56133-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56131-8Published: 22 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85834-0Published: 30 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56133-2Published: 23 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 161
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology