Common Neuro-Ophthalmic Pitfalls: Case-Based Teaching

Using real-life cases describing patients with neuro-ophthalmic disorders, this book is a case-based teaching tool that bridges the gap between textbook information and everyday clinical practice. Each case illustrates a particular area of frequent diagnostic confusion, and highlights the specific clinical features that should point to the correct diagnosis. Focusing on errors in this way serves as motivation to the clinician to master the material so that 'pitfalls' can be avoided. The level of the case discussions assumes that the reader has some familiarity with basic neuroanatomy, physiology and disease process but each case discussion furnishes a brief review of such information, always with an emphasis on those features that are clinically relevant. The case-histories are succinct and amply illustrated, including motility and fundus photographs, visual fields and radiographic studies. The narrative is moved along with questions to the reader, making it easy to follow the logic of the cases.

Author: Valerie A. Purvin, Aki Kawasaki
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/22/2009
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521713269

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 303

About the Author
Kawasaki, Aki: - Aki Kawasaki is Chief of the Pupil Laboratory, Department of Neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Lausanne Eye Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.Purvin, Valerie A.: - Valerie A. Purvin is Director of the Neuro-ophthalmology Section at the Midwest Eye Institute, Indianapolis, and Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.