Systemic Diseases and the Eye: Clinical Signs and Differential Diagnosis

This title aims to lead ophthalmologists away from just looking at the eye, and to view the patient as a whole, in order to aid in differential diagnosis. It comprehensively covers all systemic diseases associated with the eye. The book is divided into three parts. Part one, shows different ocular conditions and related signs, and gives the systemic diseases associated with them. Part two covers the differential diagnosis of systemic signs, and is again highly illustrated. Finally, part three links the different ocular and systemic features and signs together.

Table of Contents:
Part One: Differential Diagnosis of Eye Signs The eyelids The orbit The lacrimal gland The conjunctiva The sclera The cornea The anterior chamber The iris The lens Glaucoma The vitreous Vascular fundus lesions Inflammatory fundus lesions Dystrophic fundus changes Retinal detachment The optic nerve Ophthalmoplegia Pupillary abnormalities Part Two: Differential Diagnosis of Systemic Signs The face The mouth The skull The neck The hands The skin and hair The joints The lungs The cardiovascular system The GI tract The kidneys The spleen The genitalia Neurological defects Mental retardation Part Three: Systemic and Ocular Features Acromegaly AIDS Alkaptonuria Alport syndrome Amyloidosis hereditary systemic Anaemias Ankylosing spondylitis Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome primary Ataxia telangiectasia (Louis-Barre Syndrome) Atopic eczema Bacterial endocarditis Bassen-Kornzwig syndrome Behcet's disease Candidiasis Carotid artery stenosis Carotid-cavernous fistula Cat scratch fever Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis Chacroid Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Chediak-Higashi syndrome Churg-Strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis) Chlamydial genital infection Cicatricial pemphigoid Coccidoidomycosis Cushing syndrome Cystinosis Dermatomyositis-polymyositis Devic disease Diabetes mellitus Down syndrome Ehlers-Danlos syndrome VI (ocular sclerotis) Epoidermolysis bullosa Fabry disease (angiokeratoderma diffusum) Freidreich ataxia Gardner syndrome Giant cell arteritis Goodpasture syndrome Gonorrhoea Gout Haemochromatosis primary Hermanky-Pudlak syndrome Histiocytosis X (Langerhans-cell histiocytosis) Homocystinuria Hyperlipoproteinaemia Hyperlysinaemia Hyperornithaemia Hypertension IgA nephropathy Juvenile chronic arthritis Kawasaki syndrome (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) Kearns-Sayre syndrome Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome Lecithin-Cholesterol-Acytyltransferase deficiency (Norum disease) Leprosy (Hansen disease) Leukaemias Linear IgA disease (bullous dermatosis) Lyme disease Lymphogranuloma venereum Lymphomas Marfan syndrome Mixed connective tissue disease Moretoja syndrome Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIb (Sipple syndrome) Multiple myeloma (myelomatosis) Multiple sclerosis Myasthenia gravis Myotonic dystrophy Myxoedema (hypothyroidism) Naevus of Ota Neurofibromatosis Oculocutaneous albinism Onchocerciasis Ostogenesis imperfecta Oxalosis Paget disease Pancreatitis acute Perry-Romberg syndrome Pemphigus vulgaris Polyarteritis nodosa Polycythaemia rubra vera Porphyria cutanea tarda (cutaneous hepatic porphyria) Primary biliary cirrhosis Pseudoxanthoma elasticum Psoriatic arthritis Reiters syndrome (reactive arthritis) Relapsing polychondritis Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome Refsum disease Rheumatoid arthritis Rieger syndrome Riley-Day syndrome (familial dysautonomia) Rosacea Sarcoidosis Schilder disease Sjogren syndrome Stevens-Johnson syndrome (erythema multiforme major) Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome (progressive supranuclear palsy) Sturge-Weber syndrome Syringomyelia Systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic malignancy Syphilis Systemic sclerosis Tangier disease Takayasu disease Thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism) Toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell disease, scalded skin syndrome) Toxoplasmosis Tuberculosis Tuberous sclerosis (Bourneville disease) Tubulointerstitial nephritis Turcot syndrome Ulcerative colitis Usher syndrome Vogt-Koyanagi-Lindau syndrome Waardenburg syndrome Waldenstrom macroglobulinaemia Wegener's graunulomatosis Weill-Marchesani syndrome Wernicke encephalopathy (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome) Whipple disease Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) Xeroderma pigmentosum Summary tables/synonym glossary? Index

About the Author :
Jack Kanski is arguably the best-known author in ophthalmology worldwide. His textbook Clinical Ophthalmology, published by Butterworth-Heinemann, is a competitor to our Spalton, and is the current textbook of choice for ophthalmology trainees and optometrists worldwide. He is also the author of our extremely successful Ophthalmology: Clinical Signs and Differential Diagnosis, published in 1998 under the Mosby imprint. His previous projects have mainly beenpublished by Butterworth, but he has come to Harcourt because of our style of presentation and strong presence in the US ophthalmology market.

Review :
"I highly recommend this book as a handy reference in the consulting room ." Ian Douglas, Clinical and Experimental Optometry (84.6), November 2001 in focus and scope...The illustrations are excellent, the format is thoughtfull and the topic interesting..very readable" Tony Tsai