Anterior Segment Disease

Download or read book Anterior Segment Disease written by S. Arthur Boruchoff and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the ICD-9-CM classification system, this presentation by Boruchoff (ophthalmology, Boston U.) comprises more than 400 color pictoral images of anterior segment disease, and succinct accompanying text. He groups related diseases on the basis of the most prominent common feature, and provides tables of differential diagnosis to help practitioners diagnose more accurately. Among the conditions he examines are disorders of the globe and of the iris and ciliary body, cataract, keratitis, corneal opacity and other disorders of the cornea, disorders of the conjunctiva, inflammation of the eyelids, disorders of the lacrimal system, orbit, and ocular tumors. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR