Present Status and Future Challenges
edited by Jack Rootman
Orbital Disease covers advances and challenges in the diagnosis and management of orbital disease, recent aspects of orbital inflammatory and infectious disorders, issues in oncology, thyroid disease, and orbital vascular disorders, as well as topics concerning the future of imaging and orbital surgery.
Features:
- Supplies a current review of exciting changes in the management of orbital inflammatory disease
- Considers transformations in our understanding of lymphoproliferative disorders-emphasizing recent classification schemes and their effect on disease prognosis and treatment
- Contains a thorough review of epithelial lacrimal gland tumors, as well as controversies surrounding chemotherapy for epithelial lesions and the management of malignant lacrimal gland lesions
- Studies modern medical and surgical management techniques for thyroid eye disease
- Examines new methodologies and vascular interventions for the management of distensible venous vascular malformations and other vascular lesions of the orbit
- Addresses the future of imaging in orbital disease with a chapter by Wieslaw Nowinski, the originator of the brain mapping program responsible for new imaging technologies
Contents
- Orbital Inflammatory Disease
- Oncology
- Thyroid Orbitopathy
- Vascular Intervention
- The Future
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