Macular Edema

Macular Edema

von: G. Coscas, J. Cunha-Vaz, A. Loewenstein, G. Soubrane

Karger, 2010

ISBN: 9783805594356 , 216 Seiten

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Macular Edema


 

Cover

1

Contents

5

List of Contributors

6

Preface

9

Chapter 1: Macular Edema: Definition and Basic Concepts

11

Abstract

11

Intracellular Edema

11

Extracellular Edema

12

Clinical Evaluation of Macular Edema

13

References

19

Chapter 2: General Pathophysiology

20

Abstract

20

Normal Retinal Anatomy and Physiology

20

Related Ocular Disorders

23

Vascular Components

28

Inflammatory Components

31

Ischemia

34

References

36

Chapter 3: Diagnosis and Detection

37

Abstract

37

Introduction

37

Considering Macular Edema Based on the Disease

42

References

58

Chapter 4: Macular Edema – Rationale for Therapy

59

Abstract

59

Rationale for Medical Management

60

Rationale for Surgical Management of Macular Edema by Vitrectomy

64

References

66

Chapter 5: Drug Delivery to the Posterior Segment of the Eye

69

Abstract

69

The Posterior Segment of the Eye and the Blood-Ocular Barrier

69

Strategies for Delivering Drugs to the Posterior Segment

69

Local Therapy

70

Intravitreal Injections

74

Conclusion

81

References

81

Chapter 6: Diabetic Macular Edema

83

Abstract

83

Introduction and Definition

83

Epidemiology

88

Medical Care

94

Surgical Care

102

Follow-Up and Prognosis

114

Conclusion

114

References

115

Chapter 7: Retinal Vein Occlusions

121

Abstract

121

Epidemiology

122

Clinical Course

125

Diagnosis: Imaging and Functional Testing,Stages and Classifications

126

Management

131

Conclusion

138

References

139

Chapter 8: Cystoid Macular Edema in Uveitis

146

Abstract

146

Epidemiology

146

Pathophysiology

147

Diagnostics

148

Clinical Course and Management

150

References

155

Chapter 9: Postsurgical Cystoid Macular Edema

158

Abstract

158

Definition and Epidemiology

158

Pathology and Pathophysiology

159

Risk Factors

159

Diagnosis

160

Stages

162

Classification

162

Differential Diagnosis

162

Management

163

Prevention

167

Key Messages

167

Best Sequential Management

167

References

168

Chapter 10: Retinitis Pigmentosa and Other Dystrophies

170

Abstract

170

Factors of Visual Acuity Decrease and Retinitis Pigmentosa

170

Retinitis Pigmentosa and Macular Edema

171

Melanoma and Cancer-Associated Retinopathy

175

References

176

Chaper 11: Macular Edema of Choroidal Origin

178

Abstract

178

Definition

178

Pathophysiology: Theories of Macular Edema in Age-Related Macular Degeneration

178

Clinical Findings

181

Treatment Approaches

187

Conclusion

190

References

191

Chapter 12: Miscellaneous

193

Abstract

193

Radiation Therapy

193

Macular Edema Resulting from Systemic or Topical Treatment

195

Epiretinal Membrane and Traction Syndrome

196

Retinal Detachment

201

Tractional Myopic Vitreoschisis

202

Choroidal Hemangioma

202

Retinal Macroaneurysm

204

Conclusions

206

References

206

Author Index

209

Subject Index

210