Posterior Uveitis (eBook)

Narsing A. Rao, MD, is professor of ophthalmology and director of the Uveitis Service and the Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory at USC. He is involved in the treatment of inflammatory ocular diseases affecting the uveal tract, vitreous, retina, and sclera. Dr. Rao has published over 440 peer-reviewed papers in clinical and basic science findings and has received numerous honors and awards for his research endeavors on ocular inflammatory diseases from Research to Prevent Blindness and the National Institute of Health. He delivered several named lectures, both national and international, including visiting professorship at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, University of Paris, France, Moorefields Eye Institute, London, University of Rome, Italy, Tokyo Medical University, Kyushu University in Fukoka, Japan, and University of Sydney.For his outstanding contributions to ophthalmology, he was awarded the Lorenz E. Zimmerman medal from American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Ramon L. Font medal from Pan American Society of Ophthalmology, the International Ocular Inflammation Society Award, and received an award from European Vision and Eye Research Association in 2006. Dr. Rao was also the recipient of the prestigious Bietti medal from International Council of Ophthalmology.Narsing A. Rao, MD Department of Ophthalmology USC-Roski Eye Institute University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA USA  Damien C. Rodger, MD, PhD, worked as a co-op intern at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on attitude control microsystems for unmanned space exploration while completing his Bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 2000. Dr. Rodger then earned his Medical Degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and his PhD in bioengineering from the California Institute of Technology. He is Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at USC. He was awarded the Heed Fellowship for the 2013-2014 year and the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery for the 2014-2015 year. He specializes in medical and surgical retina, as well as in uveitis and ocular inflammation.Damien C. Rodger MD, PhD Southern California Permanente Medical Group Department of Ophthalmology Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Los Angeles, CA USAJulie M. Schallhorn, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Keck Medicine of USC. She specializes in the surgical treatment of cataracts, corneal transplantation, lens implantation, and anterior segment disease. Her research interests include optical coherence tomography and its applications to the anterior segment, new methods of corneal transplantation, refractive surgery and ocular inflammatory diseases.Julie Schallhorn, MD MS Department of Ophthalmology F.I. Proctor Foundation University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CAUSA

Outline of chapters

 A.  Introduction:

1. Current imaging modalities in Diagnosis and Management of Intraocular Inflammation

        Phillip Phuc Le          

             Anterior segment OCT, OCT imaging of Retina, OCT-EDI imaging of Retina and Choroid,

             Wide field fluorescein and ICG angiography, Auto-fluorescence,

            OCT angiography and

            Evolving imaging modalities 

B.  Non-Infectious Posterior and Pan Uveitis

2. Sarcoidosis:   Padmamalini Mahendradas

        Introduction, main clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment

      Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

      OCT

      Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

3. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and Sympathetic Ophthalmia: Jeffrey J. Tan and Narsing

       Rao

  Introduction, main clinical

        features, differential diagnosis and treatment

            Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

            OCT

            Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

  4. Multifocal Choroiditis/ Serpiginous Choroiditis and related entities: Hossein Nazari

            Khanamiri and Narsing Rao

          Introduction, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment

         Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

OCT

Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging 

C.  Infectious posterior or panuveitis

5. Ocular Toxoplasmosis: Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos Santos

        Introduction, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment

Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

OCT

Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

6. Syphilis:  Thomas Albini

         Introduction, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment

Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

OCT

Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

7. Intraocular Tuberculosis:  Soumyava Basu

         Introduction, clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment

Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

OCT

Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

8. Viral retinitis (HSV/VZV/CMV/PORN/Ebola):  Ann-Marie Lobo

         Introduction, main clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment

Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

OCT

Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

9. Masquerade syndromes:  Damien Rodger

Wide field color fundus photo, fluorescein angiography and ICG angiography

OCT

Autofluorescence

Evolving imaging modalities (e.g. OCT angiography and others)

Response to treatment imaging

 

D.  Treatment of Non-Infectious Uveitis: 

10. Corticosteroids: systemic and local:  Ashleigh Levinson

11. Immunomodulatory agents and Biologicals: John Gonzales and Nisha Acharya

12. Evolving treatments: Julie Schallhorn   

 

Contributors:

 Phillip Phuc Le   Associate Physician and Ophthalmologist   Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Los Angeles

Padmamalini Mahendradas   Chief of Uveitis department, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, India

Jeffrey J. Tan   Ophthalmologist, The Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California

Hossein Nazari Khanamiri   Ophthalmologist, University of Texas, Galveston, Texas

Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos Santos    Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Brazil

Thomas Albini   Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami

Soumyava Basu   Chief of Uveitis department, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India

Ann-Marie Lobo    Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago

John Gonzales and Nisha Acharya   Proctor Foundation, San Francisco

Narsing Rao   Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, USC Roski Eye Institute, University of Southern California

Damien Rodger   Assistant Professor of ophthalmology, University of Southern California

Julie Schallhorn   Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California